Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2

1913/24: De La Rue ½ d. green, wmk. Springbok, an unused example, variety "Double Print", fine centering and colour, the doubling affecting over half the left hand side of the stamp, fresh and fine, large part og. Just a vertical strip of five examples known - this being stamp 2 on the error strip - for an illustration of the five examples see "The De La Rue Georgians of South Africa" by H.E. Lobdell, page 41. A rarity. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi = £ 10'000.rnrnProvenance: Purchased at Johannesburg GPO in August 1919; Collection L. Simenhoff; Collection A.H. Sydow (1943); Harmers, London, 11 March 1993, lot 751.