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Auction: 20040 - Stamps and Covers of Southern Africa
Lot: 151

Cape of Good Hope
1857-63 Union Steam Ship Co.
Second Contract to and from Cape Town, 1863-68
From The United Kingdom
1866 (May-June) envelopes (3, two with minor imperfections) ex the same correspondence to Robert Hamond on board H.M.S. Searus at Cape Town, each sent at a privileged rate of 6d. for ½ ounce applied to single letters addressed to naval officers serving overseas between 1 June 1857 and 31 December1869; and 1868 (Jan.) entire from London to a member of the 9th. Regiment at Cape Town franked at 6d. when the privilege rate previously applicable to single letters addressed to naval officers was extended to army officers serving in the colonies

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Estimate
£140 to £180

Starting price
£80