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Auction: 19029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 233

Cape of Good Hope
Covers and Cancellations
Military Mail
1878 (Apr.) blue envelope to London, marked "Free F. Smithe Lt Commanding Burns Hill", bearing wing-margin 1d. red with triangular cancellation and with Cape Town datestamp at centre, Cape Packet Plymouth datestamp on reverse, and 1878 (June) Officers envelope (tear at right) "On Active Service. Stamps not procurable" from King Williams Town (faint datestamp) via Cape Town to England and showing circular-framed "d" handstamp at left. A few small faults though a generally attractive trio

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Sold for
£350