Lot 2
BASUTOLAND 1937 Revenue document bearing KGV £1 black BLOCK OF 20

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | S25005
Auction: 29 July 2025 at 14:00 BST
£396
Description
Revenue. 1937 (13 Apr) typewritten page from a 'GENERAL BOND' document, bearing (on reverse) 1933 KGV Revenue £1 black BLOCK OF 20 (4x5) plus vertical pair and single, and 1933 Postage 5s violet x2 and 1s orange x2, each initialed and tied by several strikes of 'RESIDENT COMMISSIONER's OFFICE / MASERU, BASUTOLAND' oval ds in magenta, with matching boxed H/S on the face. An exceptional and most remarkable usage, in superb condition. [N.B. Although high value revenue frankings are not unknown from Basutoland, this is by far the largest intact multiple of the £1 on document we can recall seeing.]

