Lot 61278 – 1860 CAPE TOWN to La Flèche, FRANCEThe mail was fully
Lot 61278 – 1860 CAPE TOWN to La Flèche, FRANCEThe mail was fully
Lot 61278 – 1860 CAPE TOWN to La Flèche, FRANCEThe mail was fully
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
Price realised
2’000 GBP
Estimate
1’800 – 2’200 GBP
Auction date
Fri 22 Nov 2024 at 09:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1860 envelope from Cape Town to France with 1d brick red and 6d deep rose lilac tied by small triangular obliterator, mixed margins, paying the 7d per ¼oz rate to France, Calais transit and La Flèche arrival, cover with cosmetic reparations, a very rare surviving example of this obsolete foreign rate; ex R. Johnson.
Note: This little seen rate/destination was in force from 1858-1860 which was changed to 8d per ¼ oz from 13th August 1860.Catalogue ref: S.G. 5, 7b
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