Lot 268
1933 3s black on red booklet

Stamps & Covers of British Africa | 5956
Auction: 16 November 2023 at 10:30 GMT
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500
Description
Booklet. 1933 3s black on red booklet, containing 12 x ½d (SG 15), 12 x 1d (SG 16) and 12 x 1½d (SG 16c) in panes of 6 (3x2). Trivial blemishes (one ½d pane with toned gum), still an exceptional example of this very rare booklet. With an accompanying note “These 1½d stamps are really valuable on account of the perforation”, signed “H.E. Ward”, whose initials also appear on the front cover. SG SB3, cat £4500.
Footnote
The 1½d postage rate was reduced to 1d eight weeks after this booklet was issued. Postal officials were instructed to detach the 1½d panes and use them for other purposes, with the remaining stocks of the booklet then sold for 1s6d. Only three intact booklets are known to us.

