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SG 6 Cover 1857 (5th January) Cape mourning Cover with very rare circular datestamp and 3 x 4d. Cape Triangles

SG 6 Cover 1857 (5th January) Cape mourning Cover with very rare circular datestamp and 3 x 4d. Cape Triangles

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Cape of Good Hope 1857 (5th January) Queen Victoria Cape mourning cover to Dublin.  Endorsed “Prepaid” with faint red oval Port Elizabeth datestamp & Cape Town circular backstamp. 4d. deep blue (SG6) pair plus single tied by light barred trianglular cancellations.  Landed at Devonport (charged quadruple 4/- rate from the the Lindsey Line Steamer with very rare 17th March ‘CAPE PACKET/A/BRISTOL’ circular datestamp.  British Philatelic Association Certificate (2001).  Ex Alan Wall collection.  EXTREMELY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE COVER.

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Country: Cape of Good Hope, 1857