Despite chipping and rubbing, there is only minor loss to the dustjacket of the main item in this lot. The scarlet simulated leather boards, gilt to the spine, are very good. There is some paper loss to the front paste-down and the other endpapers are sunned at the edges. The 453 pp of illustrated text and appendixes are printed on coated paper and are very good.
The v + 62 pp illustrated supplement is on even better paper and is unmarked and undiscoloured. The 2-col card wraps are rubbed along the spine, back and front.
The wrappers of the 141 pp sewn-section flat-back catalogue are also rubbed but the main image panels are clear. In colour throughout, this is a generally excellent compilation and production, but the printer and repro house apologise on a sticker at the front for the poor reproduction of colour and perforation definition and four of the pages, and enclose a correction sheet thata makes the perforations clear - what service!
This attractive small collection does justice to this short-lived country's brightly designed and well-printed postal material.
- Jacket Condition: Fair
- Binding Condition: Good to Very Good
- Overall Condition: Good to Very Good
- Size: 250 x 190; 245 x 180; 220 x 150
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
