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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4641

South Africa
Travelling Post Office Cancellations
1885-1950 display collection neatly mounted and written-up on forty-four pages and comprising covers (87, a few registered), pieces (14) and loose adhesives (10); arranged as follows, Western Cape Town-De Aar with 1885 "t.p.o./down", 1890 "travelling p o /up", 1892 midland t.p.o/up" with "t.p.o/up",1894 eastern tpo/down with "t.p.o/down", 1895 t.p.o/down", rare combination on the csame day of "t.p.o/up" with "t.p.o/down, 1895 "w.t.p.o/down" for January and April on the same cover, 1893, 1896 and 1898 "western t.p.o./up" and Down (2) and large "western/t.p.o. up", "western/t.p.o. 7" and other numbers on pieces, 1904 "western t.p.o/r.l.s" and 1907 "western t.p.o/cape colony" (2); Midland Section "midland t.p.o/down" (4 in two types), two in combination with Up and double-ring "midland.t.p.o"; Albany Up (2) and Down; North Eastern "n.e. t.p.o./up" and Down and "north eastern. t.p.o/down"; Eastern Section single and double-ring types: Different T P O's (7); The Transvaal "r.p.k. heen/z.a.r." and "r.p.k. tergug z.a.r." double circles; Boer Wararmy post office/t.p.o. east" Nos. 1 and 2, Eastern T.P.O. and Western T.P.O.No. 7 (3); Transvaal European Mail (5) and "transvaal t.p.o/1" (5), 3 and 4; Orange River Colony "t.p.o. south. o.r.c." Nos. 1, 2 and 3; Transvaal tax marks (7), Natal (2, one on an attractive Natal Government Railway card, and a few later; condition a little mixed in places with a couple lacking stamps though an interesting lot with viewing of this fascinating subject recommended

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£450