ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK / TRANSVAAL
Postal History and Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
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1880 (12th January), envelope addressed to England. Bearing a single upper marginal example of the Transvaal QV ‘Bourne Head’ 6d olive-black (SG 137) tied by a ‘9’ target-type canceller with a proving HEIDELBERG / TRANSVAAL (12 Jan) single circle datestamp lightly struck centrally on the face. A Cape Town (27 Jan) transit datestamp also ties the adhesive. Bristol (20 Feb) and Clifton (20 Feb) transit / arrival backstamps. Cape Town (19 Mar) and London (12 Apr) transit and indistinct USA. Cover 33 in the Jorgensen 2010 Census. With a pertinent article by Dr. Alan Drysdall ex the Transvaal Philatelist. Ex the David Underwood collection and beautifully written up on his display page.
Note: the sender incorrectly paid 6d postage only, apparently believing the 6d Officer’s rate to the United Kingdom via Natal also applied for mail sent via the Cape which was not the case. An additional 6d in Cape stamps should have been added. This shortage was either not noticed or ignored by the postal authorities.
The sender was Lieutenant Edward Graham Pennefather (1850-1928) who served with the King’s Dragoon Guards in the Zulu War and subsequently in Baker Russell’s Flying Column, until January 1880 when it was disbanded.
This envelope was carried on the Castle Line’s ‘Edinburgh Castle’ which departed Cape Town on the 27th January, arriving in Plymouth on 19th February.
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| £650 |
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