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Auction: 22025 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 253

(x) Basutoland
Covers and Cancellations
Cape of Good Hope used in Basutoland
1895 (21 Mar.) envelope registered to Colchester, Essex bearing Cape of Good Hope ½d., 1d. and 2½d. (4), all tied by "thotse/heights" c.d.s. (Proud D3), showing manuscript registration marking with Cape Town transit d.s. on reverse; fine and very rare, the latest recorded usage of the Thlotse Heights datestamp. Photo

Note: Illustrated on Pg. 281 of Scott

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Sold for
£260