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Auction: 25028 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1399

Griqualand West
Issued Stamps
Covers and Cancellations
Values of Griqualand and Cape of Good Hope used subsequent to Griqualand becoming a province within Cape Colony
1882 (Aug.) envelope (tears at foot and at right) from Port Elizabeth to Burghersdork, bearing 1d. Type 17 pair with indistinct cancel and showing "port/elizabeth" c.d.s. alongside; 1882 (13 Oct.) and 1886 (8 Mar.) "on her majesty's service" (deleted) envelopes ex the same correspondence to England, bearing Cape 6d. (2) and single respectively tied by "kimberley/cape colony" squared-circle d.s.; 1887 (22 Aug.) envelope to Germany, bearing Cape ½d., 1d. and 4d. cancelled "232" in oval of bars and showing "barkly/g.w." c.d.s.; and 1904 (21 (Nov.) envelope to Griqua Town, bearing Cape 1d. tied by fine "8" in diamond oval of bars and showing Douglas c.d.s. alongside

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Estimate
£350 to £450

Starting price
£280