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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 359

Transvaal
Incoming Mail from China
The hostiities of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, resulted in most of the gold mines being taken out of production. After the war, the highest economic priority for the new Transvaal colonial government was to get the mines producing gold again. For this purpose Chinese labourers were imported
1908 (10 Mar.) "red-band" envelope (opened-out) registered from Peking to the Simmer Deep in Germiston, bearing China C.I.P. 10c. vertical strip of three, showing Shanghai (14.3), Colombo and arrival (9.5) datestamps and large "rr" h.s. (avis de reception). Photo

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£2,400

Starting price
£200