1p Seated Hope single
Object Details
- Description
- When stamps from Great Britain ran out in 1861, the Cape of Good Hope colony issued these provisional stamps. Within a few years, they were scarce. In 1863, E. Stanley Gibbons of England acquired a quantity of the stamps and used them to build one of the world's largest stamp dealerships.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1861
- Object number
- 2002.2034.1
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (vermilion)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (2.3 x 4.5 cm)
- Place
- Cape of Good Hope (British colony)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue Cape of Good Hope 7
- Topic
- International Stamps & Mail
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2034.1
