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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 78

Cape of Good Hope 1860 (27 Oct.) large part entire from Grahamstown "pr Athens" to England, bearing 1855-63 unofficially rouletted 6d. rose-lilac cancelled with triangular obliterator and additionally tied by neat "paid/devonport/cape packet" c.d.s. for 27 October, the reverse showing Grahamstown, Cape Town and Hungerford (23.10) d.s.; the entire with some slight soiling. Unofficially rouletted stamps on cover are extremely rare. S.G. 11 Estimate US$ 3,000-3,500provenance: C. Emerson Huston, 1961

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$2,500