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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 122

Cape of Good Hope
Military Mail
Garrison Mail
1848 (July) entire from Simons Town to England, headed "From Private Richard Herbert, 2670 of C Company, 1st Battalion, 6th R.W. Regiment", countersigned by Commanding Officer, showing oval "general post office/Crown/cape town" h.s. and "2" charge h.s. (the ship's Captain's gratuity on letters received by private ship), three transit c.d.s. (16-17.9) on reverse; the face panel with a few age stains). Photo

provenance:
Gerald Sattin, June 2008

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