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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 196

(x) Africa
Cape of Good Hope
1857 (2 Oct.) blue envelope addressed to "Locierait or Dunkeld ... Perthshire" bearing 1853-63 1d. brick-red on blued (2) with 4d. deep blue on white (mostly good margins) cancelled by indistinct triangular cancellations, marked "Registered" and with manuscript "6" and a very fine strike of the large crown/"registered" in red, an array of datestamps on the reverse with Alice despatch, Cape Town, London, and Scottish concluding with Dunkeld (14.12) in blue and undated Locierait. A charming early registered cover from the Cape

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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£700