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Auction: 15USA - The William H. Gross Collection
Lot: 51

S.G. #14b, 1861 4p Pale bright blue ""Wood Block"", an impressively margined single with large to huge margins all around, tied by black triangular cancellation to cover from Plettenberg´s Bay to Cape Town, ""Plettenberg´s Bay/Ap 9/1861"" red oval handstamp on reverse, cover addressed to ""The Lord Bishop of Cape Town"" and backstamped with ""Cape Town/Ap 13/1861"" red oval upon arrival, stamp with trivial natural paper flaw in the bottom right corner, very fine; ex-""Solomon"", ""Sa Estimate US$ 2,400-3,000

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