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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).
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.
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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
Use of a stamp for revenue or tax purposes rather than normal postal use.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Related lotRelated to Lot 17229 · Same country / area · Similar period
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
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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.
Related lotRelated to Lot 17229 · Same country / area · Similar period
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.
Related lotRelated to Lot 17229 · Same country / area · Related period · Same classification
BULAWAYO B.S.A.P CAMP postmarks on large Arms ½d, 4d and 6d plus small Arms 1d (2); also clever hand-inked FORGERY of 1960 BULAWAYO AIRPORT cds on 6d piece, copied for illustration on page 312 of E.B. Proud's The Postal History of Southern Rhodesia. Useful reference.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
