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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4092

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection

Cape of Good Hope Shipping Postmaster Handstamps of the Union Castle Line
1924 (10 Dec.) Radio Communication Co. Ltd. "Ocean Letter" envelope, complete with telegram form, carried on northbound S.S. Balranald P&O Line, bound from Australia via Cape Town to U.K. to Simonstown, bearing 6d. cancelled with a very light strike of the "shipping postmaster/3/cape town" (Type 7, broad "3") double-ring datestamp in violet and with an equally light strike at left and a further strike on reverse alongside arrival datestamp (22.12)

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Estimate
£350 to £400

Starting price
£280