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Auction: 20040 - Stamps and Covers of Southern Africa
Lot: 165

Cape of Good Hope
1864-68 Union Steamship Co. and P&O Steam Navigation Co.
Union Steamship Co. between Cape Town and Mauritius and P&O to Southampton
1865 (June) envelope from Pietermaritzburg "via Mauritius & Southampton" to Ireland, carried on the Anglian from Durban to Mauritius, the Sultan from Mauritius to Suez and the Ceylon from Alexandria to Southampton, bearing 6d. pale lilac (2) cancelled with datestamps and with a further strike and London Paid datestamp (10.8) alongside; and 1865 (26 Jan.) envelope from Durban to London, carried on the Athens from Durban to Mauritius, the Sultan from Mauritius to Suez and the Poonah from Alexandria to Southampton, London datestamp (15.3) on face. An attractive pair

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