CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Postal History, Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
AC1132
Postal History / Anglo-Boer War period 1900 (11th June), printed advertising envelope for ‘B. LAWRENCE & CO, / WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS And GENERAL IMPORTERS’ of Cape Town, with original letter enclosed. Addressed to Worcester, Cape, bearing a single Hope standing ½d green (SG 58) tied by a G.P.O. CAPE TOWN / CAPE COLONY (11 Jun) double circle datestamp. Worcester (12 Jun) squared circle arrival backstamp. Some edge wear, otherwise a very fine and attractive example of the ½d unsealed printed matter rate, the flap still with full gum.
£110