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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 264

(x) Cape of Good Hope
Covers and Cancellations
1895 (11 Sept.) Burmester correspondence envelope from Cape Town and addressed locally, bearing 1d. with squared-circle datestamp and showing a fine strike of the very rare oval-framed "s.s. nautilus/cape town" handstamp in blue alongside, only one other strike believed recorded which is illustrated in Goldblatt, and 1892 envelope from the same correspondence from Port Nolloth to Cape Town marked "per S.S. Nautilus". Photo for first

Note: Due to the very bad state of the roads and flooding at the top end of the Western Cape near the border with German West Africa mail was taken by boat from Port Nolloth to Cape Town once a week, the journey taking two days. Mail would be handed to the ships captain at Port Nolloth and given the S.S. "Nautilus" handstamp. Upon arrival at Cape Town the mail would be put into the postal system

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£480