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Auction: 16034 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2651

Orange Free State
1851 (21 Apr.) entire from Bloemfontein to London, rated "8" (double 4d. rate for internal Sovereignty postage) and "2/-" (double packet letter rate), showing General Post Office Cape Town oval handstamps and with London arrival datestamp (11.6) on reverse. A rare early missionary letter and possibly the only one recorded to the U.K. of a non-military nature during the Sovereignty period. Photo

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Estimate
£700 to £1,000