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NATAL (South Africa) 1874 issue

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Natal 1857-1901

1874 Queen Victoria, Various frames

2 1/2 p blue 3 p blue 4 p brown
5 Sh red 

  1/2 p green
  1 p red
  2 p green
  2 1/2 p blue
  3 p blue
  3 p grey
  4 p brown
  6 p lilac
  5 Sh red

Most of these stamps have perforation 14. Some rare other perforations are: 3 p blue (CC Crown) 14 x 12 1/2: RRR, 4 p (CC Crown) 12 1/2: RR, 5 Sh (CC Crown) 15 1/2 x 15: RR.

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Watermark CC Crown (1874)
1/2 p *** ***  
1 p *** **  
3 p blue RR RR  
4 p RR ***  
6 p R ***  
5 Sh RR R  
Watermark CA Crown (1882)
1/2 p * c  
1 p * c  
2 p ** *  
2 1/2 p * * 1891
3 p blue R ***  
3 p grey *** ***  
4 p ** *  
6 p *** *   
Surcharged

'1/2 HALF' on 1 p red 'ONE HALF PENNY.' on 1 p red 'TWO PENCE' on 3 p grey 'TWO PENCE HALFPENNY' on 4 p brown

  '1/2 HALF' on 1 p red
  'HALF' on 1 p red
  'ONE HALF PENNY' on 1 p red
  'TWO PENCE' on 3 p grey
  'TWO PENCE HALFPENNY' on 4 p brown

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Watermark CC Crown
'1/2 HALF' on 1 p R R  
Watermark CA Crown
'HALF' on 1 p * * Double overprint: RRR
'ONE HALF PENNY' on 1 p RR R  
2 p on 3 p R ***  
2 1/2 p on 4 p R ***  

5 Sh red
5 Sh stamp with fiscal 'CUSTOMS' cancel


5 Sh with a numeral "2" cancel.

The inverted and/or double overprints of the "ONE HALF PENNY" on 1 p red are forgeries, example:

Inverted overprint: forgery!
The 'H' of 'HALF' should be exactly above the 'NN' of 'PENNY' in the genuine stamps (Album Weeds).


(I've been told that this stamp has a forged surcharge)


Forgery of the 5 Sh stamp? An illustration in La Gazette des Timbres by Pierre Mahe shows the same 'forgery' (broken frame below "FIVE", lettering and face of Queen different); see next image.


Some kind of cut from a German publication (judging from the text on the back).


A strange 1/2 p green. Not sure what this is, some kind of advertisement stamp?

 

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