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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 530

xCape of Good Hope 1853 paper deeply blued 4d. deep blue pair with good margins, clearly tied on 1853 (7 Sept.) entire letter from Sidbury, near Grahamstown, to London showing, on reverse, "general post office/Crown/cape town" oval h.s. and red arrival c.d.s. (26.10). B.P.A. Certificate (1985) Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Note: This is the earliest recorded entire addressed overseas bearing triangular adhesives. provenance: Maria de la Queillerie, May 1970 Sir Maxwell Joseph, October 1982

Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000