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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1139

Cape of Good Hope 1863-64 De La Rue Cover 1868 (18 Dec.) envelope from Swellendam to Holland, bearing 4d. near slate-blue strip of three, close to large margins generally all round, in combination with 1864-67 1d. rose-red vertical pair, all clearly cancelled and showing manuscript "1/-" rate mark, diamond-framed "50" London h.s., London Paid c.d.s. (21.1) additionally tying the block and "5" h.s., both in red, the reverse with despatch oval d.s. and Harlem arrival c.d.s. (22.1); a rare and attractive combination franking, and believed to be the latest recorded cover bearing triangular stamps to an overseas destination. B.P.A. Certificate (1990). Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, November 1989 Spink, March 2005

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