Lot 335 Transvaal SG#187 £5 Deep Green , 1893 Emblem Issue, A Very Fine Used Single, Perf 12.5x12.25, Genuine Postally Used Or Telegraphically Used Example, November 15 1894 Klerksdorp Double Circle CDS Cancel.

A very fine used single of the £5 deep green from the 1893 Emblem Issue, perf 12.5x12.25, genuine postally used or telegraphically used example, November 15 1894 Klerksdorp double circle CDS cancel.

Klerksdorp was a large mining town. The stamp shows all the characteristics of a genuine example; poor ink saturation, with white specks visible, rough perfs 12 to 12.5 and a dull reaction under U.V.

Gibbons values this at £190, so we estimate it at $190. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10