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Auction: 23021 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 679

South Africa
1911 (8 Dec.) White Star Line envelope bearing Transvaal 2½d. pair tied by 'shipping postmaster/ cape town' circular handstamp in blue, with a further strike alongside and one on the reverse, also backstamped 'alfred docks, cape town' and 'manchester'. A rare early Shipping Postmaster cover of exceptional quality. Illustrated on the reverse of "Paquebot Cancellations of the World" by Roger Hosking and in "Southern African Mails" by Brian Trotter (pg. 519). Photo

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£1,000

Starting price
£520