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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4084

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection

Cape of Good Hope Shipping Postmaster Handstamps of the Union Castle Line
1909 (10 Aug.) picture postcard (Romantic View of Cape Town) to Germany carried on the Kenilworth Castle, bearing ½d. green pair sharing Alfred Docks datestamp and showing, on picture side, fine "shipping postmaster/2/cape town" triple-ring datestamp in violet. Unlisted in Allen and believed unique

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Sold for
£2,600

Starting price
£950