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Auction: 11001 - Winter Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 224

Cape of Good Hope The Rectangular Issues 1905 (25 Oct.) Cape 1/2d. green card, uprated with 1/2d. green, from Mier to Germany, each neatly cancelled with "mier/b.b." c.d.s. with Uppington squared-circle (31.10) and Hochheim arrival c.d.s. (26.11); an interesting and unusual item posted during the Herero/Bondelzwart uprising. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 Note: Camels were used to transport mail between Rietfontein and Uppington from 1899 until 1914 with temporary reversions to ox-carts in 1906 and 1907 to give the camels a rest

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