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S.G. 9a |
1900 6d on GB 3d purple on yellow (serif lettering) with surcharge inverted, pos. 5 from the setting of 6, tied to piece by Mafeking MR 30 1900 cds (first day of issue), very fine and extremely rare, only 6 examples printed (of which only
5 are in private hands), with this example (as far we're aware) being a new discovery having never before been recorded or illustrated (S.G. £50'000).
Census of the known examples, all of which are on pieces (seemingly all from the same Telegram fragment) with the same MR 30 1900 cds:
* Setting 1: Ex Harmers, London, Oct 1971, lot 326; ex John Ineson, Grosvenor, Jul 2023 (lot 338); with BPA certificate (1961).
* Setting 2: Ex Urch Harris (Nov, 1978) and Harmers, Lugano, February 1994 (lot 1541)
* Setting 3: Royal Philatelic Collection
* Setting 4: On piece which previously adjoined this example perfectly. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, Nov 1989 (lot 648); ‘Samos’, Ivy, Shreve & Mader, London, June 1991 (lot 277); Gian Maria Rossi, Warwick & Warwick, June 2005 (lot 240);
“Besançon”, Corinphila, Dec 2019 (lot 6014, sold CHF42’000 plus commission). Signed David Field, cert. BPA (1990).
* Setting 5: This example
* Setting 6: Ex Harmers, London, April 1970, lot 610 with RPSL certificate (1933) (Image 1)
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Estimate. GBP 30,000
Currently (SAN)...GBP 30,000.00
Closing..Jun-16, 02:00 AM |