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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4030

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
Letters Carried By Private Ship
1858 white paper 6d. rose-lilac with good to large margins and neatly cancelled with large part "cape town/cape of good hope" datestamp for 21 October 1862; small tear at right. Rare. Photo

Note: This datestamp was brought into use in 1853 until 1864 for backstamping mail to and from overseas. It is extremely rare in black cancelling stamps. See Goldblatt page 86

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Sold for
£100

Starting price
£70