Lot 280
Postal Stationery 1931 Field Marshall 1d red envelope opt Specimen

Stamps & Covers of British Africa | 5956
Auction: 16 November 2023 at 10:30 GMT
£312
Description
Postal Stationery. 1931 “Field Marshall” 1d red envelope, with local “Specimen” h/s (Samuel type R4), m/s endorsement “Printed or embossed in red and the same design as the 1d postage stamp.” at lower left with black oval “GOVT. STATIONERY OFFICE / P.O. BOX 75 / 14 SEP 1936 / SALISBURY / S. RHODESIA” cachet alongside. Archival puncture at upper left, otherwise fine and very rare.
Footnote
The date of the cachet and endorsement would indicate that this was a later printing.

