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Auction: 4016 - Cape of Good Hope Triangular Issues: The Dr. James Foght Collection
Lot: 575

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1855-63 White Paper Issue Covers 1860 (21 Apr.) entire from Cape Town "p 'Athens'" to London, bearing 6d. rose-lilac with unofficial roulettes on two sides and large sheet margin on the third, well tied and showing manuscript "5" and London Paid c.d.s. in red, Cape Town c.d.s. in red on reverse; the stamp crossed by horizontal filing crease. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1968). Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Note: See Sir Maxwell Joseph 1982 sale, lot 646, for a cover bearing an unofficially rouletted stamp sent by the same sailing

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