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Auction: 1016 - Important Stamps & Covers
Lot: 56

Cape of Good Hope Covers 1858 envelope to Gibraltar, rated "6", bearing 1858 6d. pale rose-lilac with small to good margins, clearly tied by triangular cancellation, showing handstruck "1d" in red and boxed "to/pay" in blue (applied on arrival) with, on reverse, part despatch and London transit c.d.s. (5.10) in red. A most attractive franking and believed to be the only Cape Triangular cover known to Gibraltar Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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