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Auction: 18037 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 672

Cape of Good Hope
Pre-Adhesive Period
The Dutch East India Company
The First Postal Service
On 2 March 1792, Acting Governor Johan Isaac Rhenius signed a proclamation establishing a packet service between Holland, the Cape and East Indies. A post office was opened at Cape Town and service was available to the public for overseas mail. Each piece was required to be stamped, no provision was made for inland delivery
Undated entire from Holland to the Cape, addressed to "The Governor or in his place the Second Person in command at the Cape of Good Hope" (translation) and showing, on reverse, two fine red wax seals showing the VOC monogram with a "c" added at base and an "s" at the top probably indicating "Secretary"; some minor peripheral faults at right. Photo

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£400