Lot 149
1855 "Triangular", Perkins Bacon printing, 4d blue on white paper, from Cradock to Port Elizabeth, backstamped with red double oval CRADOCK JU 4 1861 town datestamp and similar PORT ELIZABETH JU 7 1861 datestamp receiver, extremely fine., Ex Pack,Johnsonand Dillaway; Peter Holcombe Cert. (1985). Scott 4. (SG 6a).
Estimate $200 - 300
This letter was conveyed on Mail Cart Route No.6 which departed Cradock on Wednesday mornings arriving at Port Elizabeth on Friday mornings after traveling through Blaauw Krantz, Daggaboer’s Nek, Bedford and Grahamstown.
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