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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 401

Cape of Good Hope
Triangular Issue Covers
1856 (5 Feb.) soldier´s envelope "From No. 3369 Pte. Thos. Bigwood 45th. Regt." at Grahamstown to Tunbridge, Sevenoaks, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing 1d. pale brick-red with good to very large margins and neatly cancelled, London Paid c.d.s. (12.4) on face, the reverse with despatch oval datestamp, Cape Town (9.2) and Sevenoaks (16.4) c.d.s.; vertical fold at centre, otherwise fine and scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1989). Photo

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£3,800