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Shield surch set, ½d on 6d, m.m. h/r & missing perf mddle left with tiny tear. 2d on 6d m.m. with h/r & dearler mark on back. 4d on 6d m.m. with slight toning under original hinge. 8d on 1/- m.m. h/r & same dealer mark as 2d. Robson Lowe states the 'd' of ½d measures 9x4mm & on the other 3 values the 'd' is 3mm & the figures 9½mm high These conform to those measurements. (4).
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SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
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perf — Perforation
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Shield plain background to value tablet, set with extra shades of ½d & 8d, m.m. with h/r. 3d crease top right corner small part gum probably fiscal. 4/- u.m. re-gummed. (9).
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
fiscal — Fiscal use
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General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Why this lot?The search context gives no specific collecting criteria, so this Rhodesia collection may interest someone seeking stamps and covers spanning 1892–1953.
Collector insight · Lot 21250
Why this lot?
Why it matches
The search context gives no specific collecting criteria, so this Rhodesia collection may interest someone seeking stamps and covers spanning 1892–1953.
What makes this lot interesting
It includes 1910–13 Double Head values to 1s and two described covers, including a 1935 RSJ set cover from Victoria Falls to England.
Used collection on leaves(63 stamps, 12 covers or cards) including 1910-13 Double Head values to 1s, Southern Rhodesia 1931 Registered cover from Raylton to Cape Town with 1924 10d blue and rose, 1935 RSJ set on cover from Victoria Falls to England, 1953 set to £1, mainly fine
Shield plain background to value tablet, 2d green & red & 4d yellow-brown & black perf 12½ m.m. with h/r. thin patch on 2d & light tone marks on 4d. (2).
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
perf — Perforation
The rows of holes or cuts between stamps that allow them to be separated; measurements describe the spacing of those perforations.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Scroll behind legs with dot, 8d green & mauve on buff & 4/- orange-red & blue on green, both ovpt diagonally Specimen, m.m. 4/- top left corner perf missing. (2)
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
perf — Perforation
The rows of holes or cuts between stamps that allow them to be separated; measurements describe the spacing of those perforations.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
