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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4112

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
Durban Shipping Postmaster Handstamps of the Union Castle Line
1936 (3 Feb.) postcard to U.S.A. franked at 1½d. and redirected to Canada, and Empress of Britain illustrated Cruise envelope (ex Hart) to New York franked at 1/6d. and with "Insufficiently prepaid for transmission by Airmail" cachet, both cancelled with "shipping post master/point, durban" triple-ring datestamp in violet and scarce, 1948 envelope to Johannesburg bearing 1½d. cancelled by superb "shipping post master/point, durban" double-ring datestamp in violet, 1948 envelope to Johannesburg bearing 1½d. cancelled with "shipping/skeeps pos./point natal" double-ring datestamp and 1950 (July) envelope to U.S.A. bearing ½d. (4) cancelled with three "shipping/skeeps p m/point natal" double-ring datestamps and with "paquebot" handstamp at foot. A fine group with the first two nicely commercial

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Sold for
£250

Starting price
£210

Sale 21010 Notices
Please note - the estimate has been changed to £300-350, not as listed in the printed catalogue.