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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: 1326

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
6d. deep lilac block of twelve (3x4) from the right-hand pane, comprising Rows 7-10/4-6, Row 7 with Types 8 (very rare, occurring only once per sheet of two panes), 3 and 3, Row 8 with Types 3. 2a and 4, Row 8 with Types 4, 5 and 5, and Row 10 with Types 2a, part to large part original gum with the centre vertical pair remaining unmounted; a few faults in places though of generally good to fine appearance. R.P.S. Certificate (1972). S.G. 8b-e, g, £9,200+. Photo

provenance:
Yardley, 1944
A.H. West, November 1949
Maurice Burrus, April 1963
Maria de La Queillerie, May 1970

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Sold for
£3,000