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Auction: 20010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1004

(x) The Gerald V.H. Flack Collection of Southern Africa Postcards
Note: Reference numbers refer to those in "Pioneer Postcards of Southern Africa, 1896-1900" by Bram Leeflang

Cape of Good Hope
1899 1d. carmine (37) comprising government issued with views of G.P.O. Cape Town (2, one spotted), the Jetty Port Elizabeth, Houses of Parliament Cape Town (lightly spotted), Buffalo Harbour East London, Town House Cape Town and Table Mountain from Docks Cape Town, each handstamped "ultramar" in blue; "With kind regards and best wishes!" series printed by Arndt and Cohn of Hamburg for Proudfoot and Lenkeit in Port Elizabeth comprising Nos. 1 (3, two used), 2 (4 used), 3 (4, one used), 4 (used), 5 (used), 6 (4, three used), 7 (5, four used), 8 (2 used) and 9 (4, two used); and privately printed and issued by the Beach Hotel Company No. 2 (2, one used), rare. A fine lot

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£380

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£100