Day 3 - Great Britain, British Colonies, Pre-Union South Africa - the Besançon Collection (Part Ii)

1919 (Feb 1): The collection on leaves, with unused blocks of ½ a. on 1 pi. green & red in a corner block of twenty five (5 x 5); 1 a. on 20 pa. black on red (small toughra) in differing shades in two complete sheets of 25 with tags; 2½ a. on 1 pi. mauve & yellow in a block of 24 (position 21 missing), 3 a. on 20 pa. green in a complete sheet of 25 with tag; large 4 a. on 1 pi. deep violet in a sheet of 25 with tag; 8 a on 10 pa. lake in a sheet of 25 with tag. A generally fine group Gi = £ 500+.rnrnProvenance: Peter Holcombe reference collection, Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 1376.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas