CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Postal History, Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
AC729
Postal History 1868 (March), envelope (with original contents) addressed Cape Town. Bearing a single 1d rose-red (SG 23a) tied by a crisp ‘39’ BONC with a very fine proving strike of the PAARL (23 Mar) Dated Town Oval alongside, partially overstruck with a Cape Town (23 Mar) arrival datestamp. A scarce and most attractive early franking.
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