CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Postal History, Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
MC561
Postal History 1867 (December), envelope with 'From SWELLENDAM' imprint in scarlet upper left, bearing two 1d carmine-rose and 1/- green (SG 23, 26a), cancelled '12' barred oval and on reverse 'SWELLENDAM DE 18 1867' oval. Addressed to Holland and endorsed at lower left 'Via England per "Celt", red crayon '1/1' accounting and large '5' strike. Further red 'LONDON PAID' strike on front, arrival on reverse. Most attractive.
£285