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Lot# 6313 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 6313 Transvaal

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    Typographed by J.P. Borrius at Potchefstroom 1872 (Dec): 1 s. yellow-green on thin opaque paper, clear printing, rouletted 15½-16, a horizontal pair, marginal from base of sheet, used on 1873 cover to Kroonstad, Orange Free State, tied by circular target obliterator in blue-black. PRETORIA / Z.A.R. / ZUID AFRIKA cds at left (March 29) and reverse with 'Potchefstroom' transit cds of the following day (figure 30 is inverted and reversed). The cover mailed at rate of 2 shillings would pay for a letter of 1½ to 2 ounces, or the sender paid a Late Fee which charge was double the amount of the postal rate. The late Dr. Alan Drysdall's alternative explanation is that the letter was a double rate letter (1 shilling) for which the Orange Free State fee (1s.) has also been charged. The cover, #24 on the Jorgensen census, with tears and aging and small stains, nevertheless of great rarity being the sole recorded usage of two 1 s. Borrius adhesives on letter. Cert. PFSA (1959).rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 1 March 2006, lot 1112.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF