A WONDERFUL "WOODBLOCK" MULTIPLE COVER
cover 1861 (15 May) cover from Swellendam to Cape Town, bearing 1861 (Feb.) 1d. vermilion block of four, clear to enormous margins all round, tied by black triangular cancellations; cover, with some restoration at foot well away from the stamps and with part flap torn away, backstamped with red oval "SWELLENDAM/MY 15/1861" and "CAPE TOWN/MY 16/1861" datestamps. A great rarity. S.G. 13
Details
cover 1861 (15 May) cover from Swellendam to Cape Town, bearing 1861 (Feb.) 1d. vermilion block of four, clear to enormous margins all round, tied by black triangular cancellations; cover, with some restoration at foot well away from the stamps and with part flap torn away, backstamped with red oval "SWELLENDAM/MY 15/1861" and "CAPE TOWN/MY 16/1861" datestamps. A great rarity. S.G. 13
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1989
Exhibited
1935 Royal Silver Jubilee Exhibition, London
Further details
Note: Excluding the block of four containing the 4d. error se-tenant with three 1d. vermilion, only one other cover exists with a block of four 1d. vermilion; the cover offered above is by far the finer of the two.