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Auction: 7025 - Bechauanaland, Somaliland & Sudan, The John Inglefield-Watson Collections
Lot: 1021

THE BECHUANALANDS British Bechuanaland 1887 (1 November) Overprinted 1/2d. Vermilion Essays 1/2d. vermilion overprinted "british/bechuanaland" (7 1/2mm. and 15mm. respectively) at top, large part original gum; small thin at top. Very rare. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 Note: As the Unappropriated Die series did not include a 1/2d. value, the requirement for this denomination was therefore met by overprinting the 1/2d. vermilion stamp. The above and two following lots comprise the only recorded examples of these essays which are believed to have been prepared by De La Rue. All three items are illustrated on page 46 of the Holmes handbook provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, 1971

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