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Auction: 20040 - Stamps and Covers of Southern Africa
Lot: 59

Cape of Good Hope
The First British Occupation
1796 (14 May) outer wrapper of a letter to General Craig who established a post route between Cape Town and Simons Town in August 1796; 1796 (2 Aug.) "memoranda" letter (full transcript supplied) for "Genl. Doyle's Guidance" regarding movement of troops and "despatches that may arrive from England, not to be sent up without an officer & an Escort"; 1796 (15 Aug.) two page letter from Rijneveld, the Dutch fiscal, to Major-General Doyle enclosing a list of the rescuers of a ship which had caught fire; and 1802 (3 Oct.) Instructions of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Curtis letter (some damage) at the Cape written on board H.M.S. Lancaster

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£220

Starting price
£90