Lot 323
Used to Germany: 1884 (22 Nov.) single rate cover from Clarkson to Niesky, Germany bearing 1882-83 ½d black, 1d rose-red, 2d pale bistre (Three copies), all tied by three delightful CLARKSON NO 22 84 (Dot) c.d.s. cancels, cover bears ASSEGAI BUSH NO 22 84 transit c.d.s. and large red "2½d" handstamp, credit to the U.K. on fully paid single rate letters from the Cape on mail to U.P.U. countries transiting through the U.K., backstamped with CAPE TOWN NO 25 84 CAPE COLONY transit c.d.s. and Niesky receiver of 19 December 1884, an attractive three-color franking., ex Dillaway (SG 40,41,42).
Estimate $200 - 300
Clarkson, in the Humansdorp Division is a small town at approximately the western border of the Eastern Frontier. It was established in 1839 as a station of the Mission Board of the Moravian Church and named in honor of Thomas Clarkson who played a leading role in the abolition of slavery. The 1875 census indicates that the station had a population of 340.
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