ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK / TRANSVAAL
Postal History and Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
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| T2652 |
1882 (23rd October), envelope addressed to France. Bearing 1s.2d postage comprising two examples of the Transvaal QV ‘Bourne Head’ 3d, one in dull rose and one (a lower left corner example) in claret with a left marginal vertical pair of 4d sage-green (SG 135, 135a, 136), all tied by ‘1’ target-type cancellers with PRETORIA / TRANSVAAL (23 Oct) single circle datestamp below. A large ‘2½’ accountancy mark was struck in red by the Cape authorities. London (20 Nov) transit and Paris (24 Nov) arrival backstamps. Cover 13 in the Jorgensen 2010 Census. Ex Besançon (2019); David Underwood collection, and beautifully written up on his display page.
Note: it appears this letter was overpaid 2½d as the rate to Europe via the Cape was reduced on 1st October 1882 from 1s.1½d to 11½d per half-ounce.
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| £650 |
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