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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4093

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection

Cape of Good Hope Shipping Postmaster Handstamps of the Union Castle Line
1927 (16 May) Radio Communication Co. Ltd. "Ocean Letter" envelope registered to Pretoria, bearing 1d. and 2d. (2) very lightly cancelled with "shipping postmaster/cape town" (Type 9) triple-ring datestamp with a further strike at left and another strike with arrival datestamp (16.5) on reverse, and 1927 (19 Sept.) 1½d. card, uprated with 4d. pair (overfranked 4d.), registered on Hapag Steamer Toledo to Germany, twice cancelled with slightly oval "assistant shipping postmaster/cape town" (Type 9A) datestamp in violet and showing crude "R" handstamp, Docks (19.9) and arrival datestamp (12.10)

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Estimate
£220 to £250

Starting price
£150