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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1857

(x) Zululand
The Postmarks
Nqutu
1889 (14 Apr.) envelope to Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, bearing 1888 1d. lilac (2, one affixed over Transvaal 2d.) sharing manuscript "Enqutu 14.4.89" and with "rorkes-drift/natal" datestamp (15.4) alongside, the reverse with G.P.O. Natal (16.4), Cape Town (22.4) and arrival (22.4) c.d.s.; vertical crease at left and some foxing virtually confined to reverse. The only example of this manuscript cancellation known on cover, and one of the gems of the collection. Photo

provenance:
Wilson Wong, September 1996

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000