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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2318

(x) Zululand
Covers and Cancellations
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1894 (15 Feb.) OHMS envelope written in the hand of Harry Gardiner, Treasurer and Distributor of Stamps, to the American Philatelic Association, St.Louis, the OHMS imprint deleted and replaced with "Book Post" in blue crayon and bearing 1888-93 ½d. with a good strike of the double-ring datestamp with code A, Durban (17.2) datestamp on reverse. This is the only example of this rate being used and is the earliest recorded example of the time code indicator. Photo

Note: This appears to be an ordinary letter rather than a Book Post item though has been allowed through without penalty
provenance:
Wilson Wong, September 1996

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Sold for
£350