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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4044

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
The Union Steamship Company
1883 (Oct.) sailor's "closed bag" envelope "From Geo. W. Hicks, Seaman, H.M.S. Boadicea, Simons Bay, Sth. Africa" to U.S.A., countersigned by the Commanding Officer and carried on the Drummond Castle arriving at Plymouth on 14 November with 1d.lilac cancelled by Plymouth to Bristol R.P.O. datestamp, thence carried on the White Star Line Britannic to New York, the reverse with, Liverpool, New York Paid All and Camden New Jersey datestamps; corners a little rounded though a most unusual closed bag franking

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£140