1895 8d Large Arms issue Perkins Bacon essay, the central arms printed in claret with a background of blue dots, the value tablets and frame in blue with a background of blue vertical lines around the vignette, the stamp size essay cut to shape and affixed to thick card, 45x49mm. Three similar essays for this second stage in the design progression are recorded in "Rhodesian Philately to 1924"; all three are in red and green, and show a lined background or no background to the central arms. A unique essay, one of just four printed essays now recorded in this unadopted design, this particular essay previously unrecorded in any literature on Rhodesian philately. Photo included on Back Cover. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1560
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1903 2/- Small Arms issue Die Proof printed in greenish blue, sunk within a thick card surround, endorsed "Specimen approved. Duplicate D.E.B, 17.12.03", 71x100mm. Three sunken die proofs were produced in differing colours, two marked as rejected with this proof approved; despite this no 2/- value was ever issued. A rare and attractive proof, one of three such sunken die proofs recorded, unique in this colour and with this approved endorsement. Ex. Dyer, mentioned on page 346 of "Rhodesian Philately to 1924". Photo included on Back Cover. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1561
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1908 £2 Brown and 1909 ½d - £1 Rhodesia overprint set of fourteen all perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 91, 100/113s, £425+. (15). Photo on Page 238. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
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Lot No: 1562
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1910 Double Head 8d - 2/6 and 5/- - £1 overprinted "SPECIMEN", all fine mint. (9). Photo on Page 238. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1563
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1910 Double Head 2½d and 5/- marginal pair with clandestine roulettes, fine mint. (3).
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Lot No: 1564
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1913-19 Admiral ½d - £1 set of nineteen overprinted "SPECIMEN", the ½d a little stained, otherwise fine mint. S.G. £3,000. (19). Photo on Page 238. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
