Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 1

1913/21: Keyplate £ 10 purple & royal blue on chalky paper, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, a fiscally used block of four, positions 11-12 / 23-24; with second stamp showing "Break in Scroll" and fourth stamp showing "Broken Crown & Scroll" varieties clearly, cancelled by oval "Registrar of the High Court / Blantyre, Nyasaland" datestamps (Dec 2, 1937). Creases nor greatly affecting the appearance but a rare positional multiple with the two major varieties.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1999, lot 1085.