Natal 1910 KEVII ½d Postage Revenue Die Proof AS 19 FEB

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Description

  • 1910 DIE PROOF of KEVII ½d POSTAGE REVENUE, SECOND PLATE (SG 127) complete design (a monocolour value) in black
  • on glazed card dated 19 FEB 10 marked AFTER STRIKING.
  • VF, a particularly rare state of the die.
  • Most likely the second plate of the ½d and part of the printing of 3600000 ½d's ordered under Requisition 96/09 of 21st Descember 1909.
  • An exceedingly rare proof, the sole such known to us, possibly unique.
  • Typically only a single such impression was taken for checking of the master die roller at each of the after hardening, before striking and after striking production stages.