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Auction: 7025 - Bechauanaland, Somaliland & Sudan, The John Inglefield-Watson Collections
Lot: 1145

THE BECHUANALANDS Bechuanaland Protectorate 1889 (Aug.) "Four Pence" on 1/2d. Vermilion Issued Stamps A single with variety surcharge in green, small part c.d.s. at left leaving nearly all the design clear; trace of a thin at foot, otherwise fine. Rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1995). S.G. 53 var. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 Note: This variety is believed to arise from poor cleaning of the ink rollers after the previous job. Very few examples are recorded and where cancellations are definitive all are cancelled at Shoshong

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