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Country: Cape of Good Hope.
Issue Date: August 1882.
Type: Provisional Surcharge (Emergency Issue).
Base Stamp: 1 Shilling Orange-Yellow (Rectangular "Hope Seated" issue).
Overprint: "ONE PENNY." in black across the center, with a heavy black bar at the bottom obliterating the original value.
Why this stamp exists:
This was created due to a shortage of the standard 1-penny red stamps. The post office took stocks of the higher-value 1 Shilling stamps (which were not being used as frequently) and overprinted them to be sold as 1 Penny stamps. The black bar at the bottom was added to cross out the words "ONE SHILLING" so customers wouldn't be confused about the value.
Stanley Gibbons (SG): #45
Scott: #38
