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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: 1324

Griqualand West
1877-79 "G" Overprints
Type numbers quoted in this and the following sections are those by Stanley Gibbons. There are sub-types of Types 1, 2, 7 and 12 and when quoted these are used by H.R. Holmes in his article in the London Philatelist, November 1962, etc.
1877-78 First Printing in black on 1d. and red on other values
1d. carmine-red selection comprising Types 1a. (3), 1b (2, one in a vertical pair with 6 from the right-hand pane), 2b (very rare, occurring once only per sheet of two panes) in vertical pair with 3 from the left-hand pane, 3 (3, one with wing-margin), 4, 5 (2, one with wing-margin) and 6 (3), unused or with part original gum; Types 1a. (2), 1b (2), 4 (2), 5 (4) and 6 (5, one with wing-margin); a few faults, fair to fine. An interesting group. S.G. 5a-f, £1,780+

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Sold for
£580