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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 240

Rhodesia
Covers and Cancellations
Mail to Cape Colony
1900 (19 Jan.) 4d. size G registered envelope to Cape Town with "registration" crossed out, bearing 1892 8d. cancelled by "gwelo/matabeleland" c.d.s. with another strike alongside and showing, on reverse, Salisbury (22.1) and arrival (14.2) datestamps. Photo

Note: Owing to the rail line being closed to Bulawayo by the Boers, mail was sent to Salisbury, then to Beira by train, then to Durban by ship and finally rail to Cape Town.

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£240