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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 124

Cape of Good Hope
Military Mail
Garrison Mail
1856 (6 Dec.) small entire letter from King Williams Town in Kaffraria and posted at Grahams Town to Ireland, headed "No. 2761 Lce. Corpl. Richard Ryan 2/60th Royal Rifles", countersigned by Commanding Officer, bearing 1853 blued paper 1d. brick-red with clear to large margins nearly all round and tied by triangular obliterator, showing a good strike of the "soldier's & seamans letter/4/by ship" handstamp and, on reverse, Grahamstown, Cape Town (11.12) and three UK (24.2) datestamps; wear at folds and with adhesive tape stains at left from internal re-inforcement, nevertheless a very rare soldier's concessionary rate cover charged an extra 4d. on receipt as the letter was sent by a private ship rather than a British Packet. Photo

provenance:
"Lady Hope", November 2003
"Franschhoek", June 2012

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£2,600

Starting price
£1600