Transvaal

1900 Issue £5

Sperati made unused reproductions of Transvaal 1900 issue £5 on genuine overprinted stamp paper with original design removed and genuine overprint retained. The BPA had only a single example to examine; the example imaged is a second known.

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1900 Issue £5

1. there is a white spot under the lower loop of the "B" of "REPUBLIEK" and another in the upper half of the second "E" of "POSTZEGEL"

2. a white hairline runs through the vertical stroke of the "T" and touches the right of the "S" of " POSTZEGEL"

3. the white frame of the left numeral "5" is weak at left edge and missing full thickness at the left end

(image of genuine courtesy R.A. Siegel)

additional information from Sperati I:  Plate 20    Transvaal Text

Richard Frajola (May 8, 2020)