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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1100

Cape of Good Hope 1855-63 White Paper Covers 1863 (13 July) triple rate envelope from Malmesbury to Cape Town, bearing 1/- bright yellow-green with good to very large margins, affixed slightly over edge of cover, clearly cancelled and tied, despatch and arrival (18.7) oval d.s. on reverse; the adhesive with a small fault at lower left corner and the envelope with a vertical fold clear of the adhesive. A rare triple internal rate franking. S.G. 8. Photo Estimate £ 600-800

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