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

Wide Setting 1900 (April 10): Baden-Powell 3 d. pale blue on blued horizontally laid paper, a used block of six, corner marginal from left of the sheet of twelve subjects, positions1-2 / 5-6 / 9-10, and horizontal pair, positions 7-8, with positions 9-10-7-8 showing the complete progression of the diagonal "Cracked Plate" flaw running across all four stamps, cancelled by individual MAFEKING / C.G.H. datestamps (May 12) leaving the flaw relatively clear. A magnificent and extremely rare multiple of great visual appeal Gi = £ 9'600+.rnrnProvenance: Maria de La Queillerie, Harmers, London, 18-19 May 1970, lot 529.rn                   Collection 'Goodyear', Robson Lowe, London, 8 June 1993, lot 180.
Catalogue 247: Pre-Union South Africa