Sale No: 169
Lot No: 731
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Cat No: WORLD STAMPS
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1888 (18 Aug) envelope registered to Bordeaux, bearing 2d (4 JAN 87) on granite paper without embossed Arms, in combination with Transvaal 1883 re-issue 1d (3), 1885 6d blue, 1885 ½d on 1s green and 1887 2d on 3d mauve (2 - one damaged), all tied by oval 'VRYHEID' d/stamp in violet with year date error '87,' showing red m/s registration number, London and Calais to Paris c.d.s. with, on reverse, Dundee, Durban and arrival stamps; the envelope with large part cut away. Note: This letter was posted less than a month after the New Republic became part of the Transvaal. Transvaal postage stamps were already available in Vryheid. The postage rate to France from the Transvaal was 9½d going via the Cape Colony and 7½d via Natal. The registration fee was 4d. The 2d New Republic internal charge should no longer have applied, but was nevertheless paid by the sender. From the transit marks this letter followed the more convenient and cheaper route through Natal and is thus 4d overpaid. (Image)
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Opening GBP 1,500.00
Sold...GBP 1,700.00
Closed..Aug-31-2022, 05:00:00 EST
Sold For 1700
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