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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1725

Natal
1859 (12 Apr.) entire letter from the Natal Land and Colonisation Company in Pietermaritzburg to Liverpool, bearing 1857 embossed 6d. green placed sideways and cancelled by "post office/p.m. burg" oval-framed handstamp and with oval-framed "paid" in blue at lower left corner, upon arrival redirected to Hull and with large manuscript "6", the reverse with London (2.6) and Hull (2.6); the contents include a printed enclosure from the company "To be incorporated by Special Act of the Colonial Legislature. Whereby the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Subscription. Capital £500,000 Sterling". Fine and scarce. Photo

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