Watch List notes:

SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, Whyte and Co, halfpenny, 1861 (no value stated) by W.J.Taylor, London, (T.C14; M.314) (Hern 662a). A choice light brown (or tan) proof-like strike, FDC and rare thus.

Purchased from Format in 1984 (38801), W.J.Noble Sale 61B (lot 1569) and Mark E.Freehill Collections.