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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1717

(x) Zululand
1888-93 Overprints on stamps of Great Britain
Cancelled and Specimen Stamps
½d. single and 5d. Plate 2 marginal block of six (3x2) from the top of the sheet with manuscript "Warrant No. 17 dated 17 March 1893" and in a different hand, "Printed 21 March 1893 (De)livered to SH 23 " "", each handstamped "specimen" (D13), fresh colours and with large part original gum; the ½d. with corner thin though exceptionally rare with the 5d. block a unique exhibition item. R.P.S. Certificate (1999). Photo

provenance:
Col. J.R. Danson, June 1971, for 5d. block
John Robson, May 1992, for 5d. block

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500