Lot 85
Basutoland 1900 Earliest Known Revenue document

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£1,320
Description
1900 (3 December) complete certificate (188 x 270 mm) folded for display, bearing at foot Cape 2s6d olive-bistre (horizontal pair) and 10s lilac, each with 26x2.5mm ‘BASUTOLAND’ handstamp, neatly cancelled with initials and date in black. 2s6d stamps creased and right defective with piece missing at top, of little importance as this is the earliest recorded revenue document of Basutoland, and the only known document from Victoria's Reign. An important item for any Basutoland exhibitor. T&M 5.1, 5.2

