Lot 348
Used to Switzerland: 1876 (28 Sep.) Registered cover from Port Elizabeth to Weinfelden, Thurgau, Switzerland bearing 1864-77 4d blue PAIR, 6d deep lilac, 1871-76 1d carmine-red pair, cancelled by barred oval "2" handstamps, endorsed "Via England – Ostende", and bears PORT ELIZABETH SP 28 76 c.d.s., oval REGISTERED OC 2 76 CAPE-TOWN-CAPE-COLONY datestamp and straight-line REGISTERED handstamp (Goldblatt RL 1 and RL 2) with red London Registered oval of 30 October 1876, backstamped with next day and day after Swiss receivers, very attractive three-color combination to a rare destination., ex Dillaway. SG 24a, 25a, 29.
Estimate $300 - 400
The registry fee of 6d per letter, irrespective of weight, was reduced to 4d in 1869, hence Postage 1s, Registry 4d, Credit to Cape of Good Hope 2½d.
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