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Auction: 20040 - Stamps and Covers of Southern Africa
Lot: 55

Cape of Good Hope
16th./17th. Century pair of entires written in Tamil? on paper with watermark believed to be the Arms of Amsterdam, possibly written in Ceylon in connection with or to the Dutch East India Co., 18th. Century small legal document with V.O.C. red wax seal showing three-masted sailing ship, and 1763 (c.) entire letter from the Netherlands per "Schip Ghiesenburgh" to "Aan de Cabo de Goede Hoop", clean and attractive, the Ghiesenburgh subsequently wrecked in 1766 sailing to Banda. An interesting group

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