Lot 279
USED TO ENGLAND: 1868 (13 Jan) double rate registered envelope bearing 1864-77 6d deep lilac and 1s green pair, canceled by barred oval "2" handstamps, endorsed "Per Mail Steamer ‘Saxon,’" REGISTERED JA 13 68 PORT-ELIZABETH c.d.s., oval REGISTERED 18 JA 68 CAPE-TOWN-CAPE-COLONY datestamp (RL 1) with red London Registered arrival datestamp of 20 February 1868, the large blue envelope has been folded twice barely affecting one stamp, attractive and scarce., ex Dillaway. SG 25a, 16a.
Estimate $300 - 400.
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