Lot 307
Used to England:1896 (6 June), 1889 4d grey Registered envelop (G format, 152 x 96mm) bearing 1893-98 2½d pale ultramarine (3, single and pair), paying the triple 2½d U.P.U. rate sent from Zwartkops Station (Port Elizabeth Division) to Derby, England tied by "159" BONC used at an earlier date than that recorded by Frescura (7 AU 96), cover bears ZWARTKOPS STATION JU 6 96 c.d.s., backstamped with four registered oval datestamps, Cape Town, Birmingham and Derby (2, 27 JU 98), scarce, ex Dillaway (SG 49).
Estimate $300 - 400
Frescura records the earliest known usage of this Komgha c.d.s. as 8 September 1891.
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