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Auction: 25011 - The David Spivack Collection of Queen Victoria Overprinted for use in the Bechuanalands
Lot: 296

(x) British Bechuanaland
Covers and Cancellations
Taungs
1888 (29 Sept.) envelope to Leicester bearing 1888 2d. on 2d. and 6d. on 6d. tied by a double strike of "taungs" c.d.s. with a further strike alongside, the reverse bearing Cape Town (3.10), Birmingham and Leicester (23.10) c.d.s. Very fine and pays the correct 8d. rate which was reduced to 6d. two days later. Photo

provenance:
Burrus, November 1962


For an earlier cover, see lot 110

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

Estimate
£500 to £600