Lot 377
Officers mail: Kei Road via King Williams Town to England: 1878 (26 June) cover from Major F. Whinyates, Royal Engineers to his wife at the "Field Officers Quarters, " Woolwich, England bearing 1864-77 6d violet cancelled by "248" BONC handstamp, bears unclear KEI ROAD c.d.s. and KING WILLIAMS TOWN JU 26 78 c.d.s. with unclear Cape Town transit c.d.s. and red unclear Woolwich receiver backstamp, scarce., ex. Dillaway. SG 25b.
Estimate $200 - 300
The cover is postmarked in transit at King Williams Town three days before the final surrender at the end of the war. The "248" BONC predates the earliest known usage recorded by Frescura by six years. Frescura also records the earliest known usage of a similar Kei Road c.d.s. as 8 March 1890.
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