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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4088

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection

Cape of Good Hope Shipping Postmaster Handstamps of the Union Castle Line
1913 (8 Dec.) envelope registered to France and carried on the Kenilworth Castle, bearing Transvaal ½d. and 6d. sharing "shipping postmaster/3/cape town" (Type 4 with narrow "s") triple-ring datestamp in blue with month before day, a further strike and manuscript "r" at left, another strike and arrival datestamp (31.12) on reverse. Scarce and most attractive

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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£210