Lot 250
Registered Mail: 1869 (2 Apr.) single rate folded letter datelined 30 March 1869 from Willowmore to Cape Town bearing 1868 4d on 6d deep lilac (2), canceled by bold strikes of large triangular obliterator, tied endorsed "registered" at top double circle WILLOW AP 02 1869 c.d.s. and oval REGISTERED 5 AP 69 CAPE-TOWN-CAPE-COLONY datestamp (RL 1), Rare., ex Dillaway. SG 27.
Estimate $200 - 300
The first official Registration handstamp allocated to Cape Town shortly after 1854.
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