{"id":4390,"date":"2011-11-07T13:24:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T11:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/?p=4390"},"modified":"2015-05-20T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T14:26:10","slug":"great-rarity-of-british-africa-the-most-important-stamp-of-rhodesia-and-the-rarest-high-value-of-the-british-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/it\/2011\/11\/great-rarity-of-british-africa-the-most-important-stamp-of-rhodesia-and-the-rarest-high-value-of-the-british-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Stamp of Rhodesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/2011\/11\/great-rarity-of-british-africa-the-most-important-stamp-of-rhodesia-and-the-rarest-high-value-of-the-british-empire\/bafrica96619\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4400\" title=\"BAfrica96619\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/BAfrica96619.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a>British Africa has its fair share of immensely rare stamps: the primitive manuscript surcharges of Uganda and of the Oil Rivers high values, some of the Boer War local provisionals, the scarcer Madagascar &#8220;missionaries&#8221; all jump to mind. But the regularly issued \u00a3100 Cherry Red &#8220;Arms&#8221; of Rhodesia, issued primarily for fiscal purposes but also available for postage (for possible sending of elephant tusks or bars of gold?) is undoubtedly the &#8220;King&#8221; of the philatelic spectrum of High Values of the entire British Empire.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not even granted a &#8220;major number&#8221; in the Gibbons cqatalogue, which does mention that it was ordered in June 1901 and that several fiscally-cancelled examples are known. As a mint stamp, to the best of our knowledge only the example shown here, and one other unused (with a thin), are known at present.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a3100 in 1901 was the equivalent of \u00a329&#8217;000 today; the stamp is listed in the South Africa Colour Catalogue at 4&#8217;500&#8217;000 rands (approx. \u20ac 400&#8217;000) which befits its status as a superlative rarity of Rhodesia, British Africa and indeed the entire British Empire. This example was last certified by Brandon, in 2008, and is offered in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/buying\/auctions\/upcoming-auctions\/autumn-sales-series-geneva-december-6-10-2011\/\">December 2011 Geneva Auction series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/buying\/auctions\/upcoming-auctions\/autumn-sales-series-geneva-december-6-10-2011\/browse-lots\/aucP\/autumn-2011-auctions-general\/search\/1\/all\/all\/all\/all\/all\/all\/all\/all\/all\/all\/\">View the lot 40520<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Africa has its fair share of immensely rare stamps: the primitive manuscript surcharges of Uganda and of the Oil Rivers high values, some of the Boer War local provisionals, the scarcer Madagascar &#8220;missionaries&#8221; all jump to mind. 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