CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Postal History, Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
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Postal History 1907 (2nd January), picture postcard (black and white ‘Distant View of Hogsback Hotel’ addressed to Alice. Bearing a single ‘Hope Standing' ½d green (SG 58) tied by a HOGSBACK double circle datestamp (JA 3, with errors ‘3’ for day and ‘70’ for year). With a LOWER TYUMIE (JA 2) single circle transit and ALICE arrival (JA 2, with error ‘06’ instead of ‘07’ for year). According to Putzel, the Hogsback Postal Agency opened on the 1st January 1907. Scarce or very scarce (Hogsback) datestamps and interesting date errors.
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