Z.A.R. / TRANSVAAL
Postal History and Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
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| T2180 |
| 1897 (13th March), envelope addressed and sent registered to the USA. Bearing a ½d green and a 6d lilac and green (SG 216, 222) tied by a R / GEREGISTREERD / 13 MAR 97 / PRETORIA Z.A.R. boxed registration cachet. New York (11 Apr) transit and Minneapolis (14 Apr) arrivals backstamps. Cover tear at top affects the 6d, otherwise an attractive example of the 2½d per half ounce letter rate to a fellow UPU member country plus 4d registration. |
| £35 |
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