South Africa 1899-1900 ½d to £5 Army Telegraphs set of 12, SGAT1/13

South Africa 1899-1900 ½d to £5 Army Telegraphs set of 12, SGAT1/13South Africa 1899 1900 d to 5 Army Telegraphs (Boer War), 12 values (lacking the 8d), SGAT1 13. A fine mint set with large part original gum. Some imperfections (gum wrinkles, d blue green, 1 and 5 with creases) but still well above average for these issues with lovely fresh colours. A scarce set of Army Telegraph stamps, particularly the 5 lilac and green. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 1,445. Army Telegraph stamps were used for only a very

Malaya Japanese Occupation 1942 (Sept) Trengganu 3c chestnut (ordinary paper)

(five stamps are unmounted including the lower row)

Batum British Occupation 1920 (30 Jan) 50r on 3k carmine-red

with a superb example of Marley's signature signed "Rastafari Bob Marley"

and watermark MCA 7½d (rejoined horizontal pair) and 10d (rejoined vertical pair)

unmounted mint example with full original gum

a previous stamp issue was re-issued but with B

Minor gum tones and right stamp with small thin spot

immaterial

'H16' printing

dated '(O)C 94'

Extremely scarce in this positional form