Transvaal 1891 Proving 19 Coded Triangle at Rustenburg

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Description

  • 1891 So-called "Coded Barred Triangular Obliterator"
  • PROVING USE OF NUMERAL 19 AT RUSTENBURG
  • as struck in blue on Vurtheim 1d postcard used from Rustenburg (squared circle cds 3 MRT 1891) to Pietersburg.
  • The reverse of the card is a wonderful commercial correspondence regarding rentals due and bears transit cds of Pretoria (MAR 4) with Pietersburg arrival MR 6.
  • Card with central fold otherwise VF
  • with absolutely outstanding quality strikes of the postmarks.
  • An exciting new proving piece for this numeral which was not recorded in the listings published in the "Transvaal Philately" handbook.
  • A most desirable addition for this particularly elusive typology of postmarks.