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Auction: 19029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 153

Cape of Good Hope
Early Letters and Handstamps
1849 entire to London showing, on reverse, "forwarded by/j. searwright & co.. cape town/cape of good hope" handstamp alongside London "ship letter" handstamp, 1848 entire letter from Port Elizabeth to London with General Post Office, Cape Town oval handstamp on face and manuscript "Forwarded by Deare & Dietz Port Elizabeth Algoa Bay 30 Nov 1849", and 1852 entire letter from Mauritius to Bordeaux with, on reverse, light oval-framed "forwarded by thomas watson & co./cape of good hope" handstamp. An unusual trio

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