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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 116

Cape of Good Hope
Instructional Markings
1892 (12 Jan.) envelope to Libreville, Gabon, bearing France Peace and Commerce 25c. cancelled with a fine strike of the "loango a marseilles/l.m. no 3" octagonal d.s. (Salles 1254) in red with a further strike at left, redirected to Marseilles though sent in a vessel going in the wrong direction and showing a good strike of the "missent/to cape town" h.s. (Type SP 2) partially over-cancelled with Le Havre c.d.s. (26.5), the reverse with Las Palmas (12.1), Funchal (17.2) and part Marseilles (28.5) datestamps. A rare and most unusual item. Photo

provenance:
Spink auction, September 2007

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£650