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Auction: 26010 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 2360

(x) Zululand
Post Offices
1898-1903, a small selection of covers and cards including 1898 (23 Dec.) Natal ½d. card from Eshowe to Germany, underpaid and taxed by application of the "t" and "5c" circular-framed handstamps; 1899 (25 Oct.) Post Office Memorandum lettersheet showing, inside, Province of Zululand code C datestamp alongside sender's message in blue crayon and manuscript "Message sent 25.10.99" in ink, an unusual item; and 1901 (10 July) Natal 1d. envelope from Eshowe to London, showing circular-framed 't', oval-framed "t/10c" handstamp and 2d. Foreign Branch tax marking; 1900 (18 Feb.) envelope to Pietermaritzburg bearing Natal 1d. cancelled with clear strike of "lower umfolosi/zululand" in violet, "v.r. opened under martial law" label attached (mail entering Natal from Zululand was censored in Durban), Eshowe transit mark on reverse, late usage of the Lower Umfolosi canceller; 1901 (12 Apr.) envelope to Pietermaritzburg, bearing G.B. 1d. lilac remaining uncancelled and unaccepted for postage, showing Province of Zululand datestamp alongside and with "t" in circle handstamp followed by manuscript "1d" at left, arrival datestamp (21.4) on reverse; 1903 (3 Jan.) and 1906 (26 Mar.) collectors' postcards bearing Natal ½d. and 1d. respectively, both cancelled by "hlabisa/province of zululand" double-ring datestamp. Mixed condition though a good group


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Estimate
£150 to £200

Starting price
£100