BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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BECHUANALAND / Stellaland / Warren Expedition 1885 (4th September), envelope addressed to Mrs Methuen in the Cape. Bearing a Cape 2d deep bistre (SG 50a) tied by a ‘232’ Barred Oval Numeral Canceller with proving BARKLY / G. W. (SP 4) single circle datestamp alongside. Kimberley (SP 5) and Cape Town (SP 9) transit backstamps and Wynberg (SP 9) arrival struck on the front. Originally addressed to ‘Cogil’s Hotel, Wynberg, Cape Town’ and readdressed to ‘Farmer Pecks / Muizenberg’. Some crumpling, otherwise very fine and in above average condition for mail from this expedition.
Note: Colonel Methuen served in the Warren Expedition, where he commanded Methuen's Horse, a corps of mounted rifles. The forwarding address ‘Farmer Peck’s’ was an inn opened in Muizenberg in 1825. This inn was famous for its ham and eggs, and offered “excellent beds without any fleas”.
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