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Auction: 17022 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Ronnie Winchester Collection and fine sections of Belgium, Cape of Good Hope Rectangular Issues and Griqualand West
Lot: 1262

Cape of Good Hope
The Rectangular Issues
1891 (Mar.) 2½d. Provisional
Essays
2½d. essay comprising a pence value die proof in black on glazed card (92x61mm.) originally marked "before hardening" and dated "5 apr 83", upon which a "2½d" denomination has been handpainted at upper right and "2½" in the value tablet and dated "28 may 91". Photo

provenance:
De La Rue archives, October 1976

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Sold for
£1,800