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Auction: 20040 - Stamps and Covers of Southern Africa
Lot: 120

Cape of Good Hope
1856-57 Lyndsay Line
From Natal
1857 (17 Feb.) blue envelope from Durban to London, marked "Paid 1/-" carried by the Rennie steamer Madagascar to Cape Town and then the Lindsay Robert Lowe first return voyage to Dartmouth, showing Crown datestamp in deep blue and, on reverse, a light strike of the very rare "cape-packet/bristol" P2 and arrival (26 .5) datestamps; envelope with small fault at foot though a rare cover carried from Natal by this line with only four examples recorded by the owner. Photo

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Sold for
£250

Starting price
£120