NATAL / ZULULAND
Postage Stamps
ZULULAND  -  1891 1d DULL MAUVE OF NATAL OVERPRINTED 'ZULULAND' (SG F1)
AZ70
ZULULAND 1897 (19th August), envelope addressed to Norway, bearing a horizontal strip of five of the 1894 ½d dull mauve and green (SG 20) all tied by three strikes of the ESHOWE (AU 19) double circle datestamp. Backstamped with a Durban (AU 20) transit and a Kristiania (16 Sep) arrival datestamp. A fine and attractive example of the 2½d per half ounce letter rate to an unusual destination.
 
Note: Zululand was annexed to Natal a little over five months later on the 31st December 1897 and the stamps withdrawn on the 30th June 1898.
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