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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 592

(x) Basutoland
The Cape Post Office Period
Morija
1887 (29 Sept.) envelope front, joined to non-contemporary reverse, to New York, bearing ½d. grey, 1d. red and 6d. purple twice cancelled with indistinct barred oval "277" and with D2 datestamp towards foot and light "2½" accountancy handstamp, upon arrival undelivered and with 10c. purple-brown Postage Due cancelled by oval-framed "po", Postage Due oval datestamp in violet, marked "Not found" and returned to Basutoland showing Cape Town Returned Letter Office datestamp for 24 February 1889 and various other markings; several creases and other faults though a most interesting item. Photo

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Estimate
£100 to £120