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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 93

Cape of Good Hope
Triangulars on Cover
Mail to Turkey
1863 (1 May) envelope from Cape Town to Constantinople, marked "per Saxon" and "per Marseille", bearing 1855 4d. pair (cut into on two sides) and 1863 1/- bright emerald-green (cut into along base), showing circular-framed "pd" and London Paid transit c.d.s. (23.6), both in red, with despatch and British P.O. arrival (4.7) datestamps on reverse; the envelope slightly soiled. A rare mixed-issue franking to a rare destination. Photo

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