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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4136

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
Weather Stations
Marion Island
1947 (29 Dec.) 1d. souvenir postal stationery card to Durban, commemorating the annexation of the Prince Edward Islands, cancelled with a superb strike of the "marion/dec 29/1947/island" 36mm. datestamp in violet

Note: Although addressed to a naval officer in Durban this card could not have passed through the mail as there was no postal service or postmaster on the island until 28 January 1948

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Sold for
£210

Starting price
£210