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Auction: 14015 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1026

(x) Bechuanaland
1885 (Mar.) long envelope (complete with photocopies of the contents) ex the Methuen correspondence from Setlagoli to his wife in England, bearing Cape 1d. red (6) cancelled by Barkly West c.d.s. (28.3) and showing "T" handstamp alongside manuscript "2/3" deleted with two "B16" obliterators, circular framed "2/-" altered to "2/6d" in manuscript and with Found Open and Officially Sealed label at left cancelled by Plymouth to Bristol T.P.O. c.d.s. (22.4), the reverse with Cape Town (1.4) and arrival (22.4) c.d.s.; the envelope with small perimeter faults, not unusual for an item of this size. An unusual taxed item written from Goshen which bordered Stellaland and Transvaal. Photo

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£550