Lot 284
Used to England: 1873 (24 July) private ship single rate cover from Port Elizabeth to Bristol, England bearing 1864-77 4d blue, cancelled by barred oval "2" handstamp, endorsed "Per Steamer "Iceland", bears red SHIP LETTER PAID SP 12 73 LONDON c.d.s. and red manuscript crayon "2," 2d credit to the Cape, backstamped Port Elizabeth c.d.s. and Bristol receiver. Scarce and early cover., ex Dillaway (SG 24a).
Estimate $300 - 400
"Iceland", built 1871, J. and G. Thompson, Glasgow. 1474 tons.
Thee Donald Currie Line, commonly known as the Castle Line, began operations in 1872 and ultimately operated a larger fleet than the rival Union Steamship Company. The ‘Iceland’ was the vessel with which Donald Currie made his entry into the South African shipping trade in 1872 and she carried the Cape mails until April 1873, then being employed on the coast until October 1873 subsequently returning to England. She was lost off the coast of Holland on 18 December 1876.
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