Lot 333
Used to India: 1881 (25 Mar.) another Registered cover from the same correspondence written 7 days later bearing 1864-77 6d violet (small edge faults) and 1s green (both "G" overprint, type 17), additionally with 1871-76 1d carmine red (inverted "G" overprint type 17) all tied by barred oval "2" handstamps, cover similarly endorsed and bears faint PORT ELIZABETH MR 25 81 c.d.s., oval REGISTERED MR 28 81 CAPE-TOWN-CAPE-COLONY datestamp (RL 1) and red oval London Registered datestamp of 19 April 1881, backstamped SEA POST OFFICE 28 APR c.d.s. and docketed as received on 10 May 1881 in ms. Rare and colorful, ex Dillaway (SG GW 25var., 27,28).
Estimate $300 - 400
The two registered letters above, numbered 16 and 17, show how little registered mail was handled by the Port Elizabeth post office in a period of one week. The question is why two rates?.
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