Lot 319
Used to Germany: 1876 (19 Nov.) single rate envelope from Coerney (a railway junction in the Division of Alexandria) to Saxony, Germany bearing 1864-77 6d violet and 1871-76 ½d grey-black, 1d carmine-red all tied by "63" BONC cancels, cover bears PORT ELIZABETH NO 19 1876 double arc c.d.s., CAPE TOWN NO 23 76 CAPE COLONY c.d.s. and red London Paid transit of 23 September 1876 with red manuscript crayon 1½ credit and Herrnhut receiver on reverse, pretty three colour franking., ex Dillaway (SG 25b, 28,29).
Estimate $200 - 300
Frescura records this as the earliest example of the "63" BONC.
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