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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4020

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
Incoming Mail
1831 (27 Feb.) entire letter from Rotterdam to Cape Town, rated "4" and showing despatch datestamp, "Na Posttyd" (Too Late) handstamp and a fair strike of the very rare London Foreign Branch "holland" handstamp, all in red, the reverse with "ship letter/london" datestamp across join and F.P.O. datestamp, both for 7 March. One of the very few recorded examples of the "Holland" handstamp, believed to have been reserved solely for mail sent prepaid from Holland via London to the Cape. An important exhibition cover. R.P.S. Certificate (2014)


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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,500

Starting price
£950