By: Harmers International, Inc.
lot # 220 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Used to India: 1865 (19 Oct.) Cover from Grahamstown to Umba
Used to India: 1865 (19 Oct.) Cover from Grahamstown to Umballa, Bengal endorsed "Via Mauritius," bearing 4d blue, two singles and a pair, margins cut-in, and touching to large and 1864-77 1d rose-red (2, one wing margin), all tied by barred oval "3" handstamps and paying the 1s 6d rate via Mauritius, cover backstamped Port Elizabeth and Calcutta transits of 29 October and 2 January 1866 with Umballa receiver of 8 January 1866. Extremely Rare. (SG 19a, 23a) Peter Holcombe Cert. (1985) with observation"Very unusual franking and its extremely rare destination.", ex Dillaway.
SG 19a, 23a.
Estimate 4,000 5,000
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