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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4067

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
The Boer War
1902 (27 Mar.) picture postcard (Bloemfontein) from Cape Town to a passenger on board the R.M.S. Kinfauns Castle, initially bearing ½d. with small part Cape Town datestamp visible, the ship having sailed on 26 March, the card was redirected to Berlin, dated 27 March and further franked at 2½d. cancelled with Cape Town squared-circle datestamps for 17 April, showing framed "too late/ship sailed/Date" cachet (Goldblatt Type M7), "p.b.c." censor cachet and, on reverse, "the union-castle mail steamship co. ld./capetown/agency" oval datestamp (Goldblatt M10) for 27 March; most unusual

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Sold for
£90

Starting price
£80