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Postal History, Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
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Postal History 1881 (November), envelope addressed to Robertson bearing a single 3d deep claret (SG 39a) tied by light Octagonal Numeral Canceller (probably ‘51’) with ‘proving’ strike of PORT ALFRED (28 Nov) single circle datestamp alongside and Robertson (3 Dec) arrival also struck on the front. Grahamstown (28 Nov), Port Elizabeth (29 Nov), Beaufort West (1 Dec) and Worecester (2 Dec) transit / arrival backstamps (all single circles). Unusual.
£55