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Auction: 4016 - Cape of Good Hope Triangular Issues: The Dr. James Foght Collection
Lot: 623

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1861 "Woodblock" Issue Due to the nature of the paper used for these issues many examples show irregularities, both in the form of surface pitting and in the form of pre-printing paper creases. Our descriptions usually exclude the above, any defects mentioned being those which occurred after the stamps were delivered Four Pence Blue Pair Types IA, unused without gum, margins in places, good colour; small thinning and faint crease. R.P.S. Certificate (1946), not present. S.G. 14d, £30,000. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance: Alan Stevenson, 1950 Shepherd, 1956 A.J. Stevens, 1959 "Maria de la Queillerie", 1970 John Tolbutt, 1993

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