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Auction: 25011 - The David Spivack Collection of Queen Victoria Overprinted for use in the Bechuanalands
Lot: 73

(x) Bechuanaland
1888 on Unappropriated Values
Covers
Kanye Bisect: 1904 (6 Dec.) envelope, with Henry Solomon imprint on flap, from Kanye to London, bearing 3d. lilac and black bisected vertically used in combination with Protectorate 1902 1d. lilac making up the correct 2½d. rate, both cancelled by a neat despatch c.d.s. showing day and month inverted and with manuscript signature of D. Solomon, Postmaster, below; there are no other postal markings and part of the address crossed through in ink. A very rare franking of which only three other covers recorded, one being in the Royal collection. Photo

provenance:
Col. J.R. Danson, June 1971

John Inglefield-Watson, October 2007

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000