Lot 332
Used to India: 1881 (18 Mar.) Registered cover from Port Elizabeth to Bombay, India bearing 1864-77 6d violet and 1s green (both "G" overprint, type 17), all tied by barred oval "2" handstamps, endorsed "Via England Registered" and bears PORT ELIZABETH MR 18 81 c.d.s., straight-line REGISTERED handstamp (RL 2), red oval London Registered transit datestamp of 14 April 1881, backstamped SEA POST OFFICE 22 APR c.d.s. and docketed as received on 2 May 1881 in ms., scarce, ex Dillaway (SG GW 27,28).
Estimate $200 - 300
The use of Griqualand West stamps became obsolete in the territory in October 1880 with unused supplies being returned to Cape Town from Kimberley for redistribution to certain Cape post offices.
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