Orange River Colony 1900 Ovpts on Cape Receiving Authority Set

1900-02 Cape Overprinted: ½d green, 1d carmine & 2½d ultramarine (SG 133-135) together with unoverprinted Cape 1d Table Bay (SG 69), each stamp handstamped "ULTRAMAR" (by the Portuguese authorities prior to distribution to their overseas colonies as specimens) in blue and affixed to portion of c1900 PORTUGUESE COLONIAL RECEIVING AUTHORITY ARCHIVE SHEET. A rare and most attractive specimen representation for this issue. Superb. Provenance: From an intact Portuguese Receiving Authority Archive distributed by Spink, London in 1999. Anecdotally stated to have been sourced from Portuguese India (Goa).