SOUTH AFRICA
Postal History
POSTAL HISTORY
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| 1914 (25th July), envelope addressed to Germany bearing a single King’s Head 2½d bright blue (SG 7) tied by a Cape Town (25 July) double circle datestamp. World War I broke out on the 28th July (three days after posting), resulting in the cover receiving a fine two-line bilingual UNDELIVERABLE-WAR / ONBESTELBAAR-OORLOG cachet struck in blue-black and a ‘UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED. / RETURN TO SENDER AT / ADDRESS SHOWN ON COVER. / FROM R.L.O., CAPE TOWN.’ cachet struck in violet. The reverse with a RETURNED L.O. CAPE TOWN (28 Sep) datestamp struck in blue-black. |
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