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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 101

Cape of Good Hope
Triangulars on Cover
Mail to United Kingdom
1860 (18 Oct.) envelope to London, bearing 1855 6d. rose-lilac with unofficial fine roulette (not the roulette associated with the Standard Bank of South Africa) tied by barred roller obliterator, showing red London Paid arrival c.d.s. (29.11) alongside with, on reverse, despatch and Cape Town (22.10) datestamps; the envelope with large part of flap missing. Very rare with very few covers recorded. R.P.S. (2009) and B.P.A. (2010) Certificates. Photo

provenance:
John Levitt
Sir Maxwell Joseph, October 1982

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£3200