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Auction: 18037 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 717

Cape of Good Hope
Pre-Adhesive Period
First Dated Letter Stamp
1823-28 entire letters (3) and entires (2) including from George and Uitenhage to Cape Town, both showing circular despatch handstamp and two to London showing framed "india letter/portsmouth" in red and framed "india letter/gravesend", each showing oval post office/cape of good hope" datestamp (one in red though a poor strike); also 1827 entire from Grahamstown to Cape Town showing Crowned "post office/free/cape town" datestamp and two others which may be forgeries

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000