By: Harmers International, Inc.
lot # 223 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Registered mail: 1866 (26 Nov.) double rate folded letter sh
Registered mail: 1866 (26 Nov.) double rate folded letter sheet from Graaff-Reinet to Colesberg bearing 1864-77 4d blue pair (wing margin at left) and 6d pale lilac (wing margin at right), all tied by small triangular obliterator, endorsed ms. "Registered" and bears faint COLESBERG DE 3 66 CAPE COLONY c.d.s. receiver at top, backstamped red double oval GRAAFF REINETT NO 28 1866 town datestamp, lovely, intact red wax seal of the South African Central Bank Graaff Reinet on flap, scarce, ex Dillaway (SG 24a, 25),
The barred oval numeral canceller had not yet been issued to Graaff Reinet, the earliest date of use being 22 October 1867. Interestingly all stamps are scissor-cut notwithstanding the perforations, a legacy from the imperforate Triangulars.
Estimate 200 300
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