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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1862

(x) Zululand
The Postmarks
Rorke's Drift
1889 (6 Oct.) envelope to London, bearing 1888 1d. lilac strip of four twice cancelled by fine strikes of the "rorke's drift/zululand" triple-ring rubber datestamp, the reverse with Rorke's Drift Natal single-ring datestamp (8.10), G.P.O. Natal (10.10), Durban (11.10) and London (12.11) datestamps; faults on flap through opening though a rare and attractive cover paying the correct 4d. overseas per ½oz. postal rate prior to Zululand joining the U.P.U. Photo

provenance:
"Tugela", March 1994
Wilson Wong, September 1996

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000