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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 132

Cape of Good Hope
Wreck Mail
1900 (4 Apr.) 1d. stationery card from Cape Town to Germany, showing fine strike of the German (Type 2) cachet which translates as "From the sunken/steamer *Mexican* that was/carrying mail from Cape Town/Railway Post Office No 15" with Rostock arrival c.d.s. (30.4) at left. One of the few examples showing the final asterisk after "Mexican". Photo

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£200