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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 402

Cape of Good Hope
Triangular Issue Covers
1860 (18 July) envelope from Cape Town "Via Engeland per mailboat Norman" to Ysselstein, bearing 1d. rose pair and 6d. rose-lilac with good to large margins and clearly tied, showing manuscript "7" in red crayon, London Paid c.d.s. (1.9) and "Engeland/Franco" handstamp, all on face, despatch and arrival datestamps, together with straight-line "ysselstein" handstamp on reverse; the envelope with some creasing, part of flap missing and other imperfections though a rare franking. Photo

Sold for
£1,000