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Auction: 21133 - The 'Greca' Collection e-Auction
Lot: 600

Cape of Good Hope
Incoming Mail
1870 (16 June) envelope from Birkenhead to Cape Town, bearing 6d. Pl.8 (some lightly stained perfs) tied by "74" duplex, showing framed "deficient postage.../british share of fine..." with manuscript "6" and "6" inserted respectively and oval-framed "s1/-" altered to "1/6"; and 1873 (4 Oct.) envelope from London to Cape Town and redirected to King Williams Town, franked at 6d., showing manuscrit "1/6" and unframed "deficient postage/half fine__" with manuscript "6" and "6" inserted respectively. A fine pair of deficient covers

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