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Auction: 20040 - Stamps and Covers of Southern Africa
Lot: 160

Cape of Good Hope
1857-63 Union Steam Ship Co.
Second Contract to and from Cape Town, 1863-68
The Service to Mauritius via Natal, From Natal
1867 (5 Nov.) blue envelope from Greytown to Somerset carried on the Mauritius to Cape Town and then by the Norseman on her sixth homeward passage, bearing 6d. pale lilac pair cancelled "11", additionally tied by London Paid datestamp and on her with despatch datestamp alongside; and 1867 (9 Nov.) blue envelope from Durban to London carried on the Mauritius to Cape Town and then also by the Norseman on her sixth homeward passage with despatch and London Paid (23.12) datestamps on face; also 1868 (May) unstamped envelope from Algoa Bay to Durban, carried on the Natal from Port Elizabeth, rated "6d" and with Berri datestamp struck on arrival (20.5). An attractive trio

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