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Auction: 4016 - Cape of Good Hope Triangular Issues: The Dr. James Foght Collection
Lot: 664

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1863-64 De La Rue Issue Covers 1864 (21 Mar.) envelope (rather defective) from Cape Town to London, bearing 1/- bright emerald-green with clear to very large margins and tied by small part of triangular obliterator, upon arrival redirected to Cambridge with addition of 1d. Plate 79 cancelled with London "sw/30" duplex, showing London Paid c.d.s alongside and, on reverse, Cape Town and London c.d.s., all in red. A very rare stamp on cover. B.P.A. Certificate (1990). Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, 1989

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