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Auction: 21013 - Important Stamps and Covers of the British Commonwealth - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 3051

Cape of Good Hope
The Triangular Stamps
Die Proofs
6d. in black on India paper on card, a pair from the early state of the die with deeply engraved background, one showing a short dash above "pe" of "pence" and the other with an extra line of engraving oustside the "postage" panel; good margins all round; two small light soil marks on one side, otherwise fine and rare. Photo

provenance:
Alan Stevenson, November 1950
Robert Van Buren Emmons, January 2017

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Sold for
£4,500

Starting price
£3200