SOUTH AFRICA 1930 SGO16a, O16b Official digital-edition 1876 2d Blue Pl

1876 2d Blue Pl

Lombard Street dispatch datestamp for OC

Superb well centred unmounted o

of which only five such pairs are considered to have survived (from sheet number "8020")

steamer 'Clyde' arriving at Vera Cruz on the 29th

SOUTH AFRICA 1930 SGO16a, O16b Official digital-edition 1876 2d Blue PlOfficial. 1930 47 "Set 6" (= 1931 issue) 6d "dull green and pale orange", roto printing, wmk inverted, SG type O2 opt with 12. 5mm space, two horizontal pairs, respectively showing variety "Stop after OFFISIEEL on English stamp" (right stamp = R9 10, additionally with broken FI in OFFICIAL) and "Stop after OFFISIEEL on Afrikaans stamp" (left stamp = R5 11), fresh large part o. g. to o. g. A fine pair, the former particularly scarce as the "Broken FI"