Lot 255
Internal Letter Carried by the Donald Curie Line: 1879 (20 May) envelope from Alice to Cape Town bearing 1871-76 1d carmine-red vertical strip of four (one stamp small edge perf faults), paying the internal 4d rate within the Colony, tied by two lovely strikes of the small triangular obliterator, cover "S.S. "Taymouth Castle", double oval ALICE MY 20 1879 town datestamp with CAPE TOWN MY 26 79 CAPE COLONY receiver all on front, scarce, ex Dillaway. SG 29.
Estimate $150 - 200
Port Elizabeth became the terminal of the mail service between England and the Cape on 22 February 1864. When, in 1876, the new mail contract was shared between the Union Steamship Co. and the Donald Curie Line, it was necessary that the Castle ships extend their sailings to include Port Elizabeth.
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