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Lot# 6356 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 6356 Transvaal

    1877 (Aug 31): New printings on rose paper, 6 d. blue on rose, fine roulette 15½-16, optd. Type 4 upright, a used example, from right pane position 19, on 1877 combination cover from Pretoria to Stockport, Cheshire, tied by circular 21" numeral obliterator in black with PRETORIA / Z.A.R. / ZUID AFRIKA despatch cds below (Sept 21). Cape 1865/76 6 d. lilac tied by numeral "1" barred obliterator with corresponding 'Cape Town / Cape Colony' cds adjacent (Oct 8). Carried on the 'Edinburgh Castle' with reverse showing CAPE PACKET / PLYMOUTH cds (Nov 2) and Stockport arrival. Cover #16 in the Jorgenesen census, superb and rare.rnrnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London (Jonkers sale), 22 July 1986, lot 580.rn                   Collection Dr. Alan Drysdall, Spink, London, 1 March 2006, lot 1229.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF