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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4259

Cape of Good Hope
Covers
1861 (30 May) envelope from Plumstead to Rear Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, Bart. at Simons Town, bearing 4d. blue with good to enormous margins and clearly cancelled, despatch oval datestamp on reverse. An attractive cover to a noted naval officer

Note: Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1st. Baronet, KCB, CMG, (1802-1876) was Surveyor of the Navy from 1848-61 an was responsible for the Royal Navy's warship construction programme during the 1850s naval arms race and at the time of the introduction of the ironclad warship. It was his decision to build H.M.S. "Warrior"

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Sold for
£85

Starting price
£80