Lot 11654 – 1900 6d on GB 3d purple on yellow (serif lettering) with surcharge inverted, pos. 5, used on piece

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)