SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCES NATAL - Datestamps & Numeral Ties
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 2760
Symbol: PS
Esidumbini: Barred Oval Numeral 'P.O.A/82', largely very fine arrival on reverse of Transvaal Letter Card KEVII 1d red tied by superb 'FORDSBURG/24.MR.08/JOHANNESBURG' cds, to "Rev & Mrs Maxwell, Esidumbini MS [Mission Station], via Durban", 'TONGAAT/25MR/08/NATAL' transit b/s, couple of very minor blemishes. Postal Agency only; PA re-opened -.-.1907; renamed Sidumbini Mission Station -.-.1953. Recorded usage 1907-10 only; 'POA/82' had previously been used at Belfort 1900-02 and Louwsberg 1906-07.
Wessels Nek (2): 'WESSELS NEK/JU 8/12/NATAL' double-ring cds, fine strike on Transvaal KEVII 1d red x2 plus two lesser strikes on KEVII 1d red x3 on back of Transvaal Registered Letter 4d blue interprovincial usage, New York transit presumably where US 'LIABLE TO CUSTOMS/DUTY' label with 'FOR CUSTOMS/...' h/s applied, Eustis (Florida) transits then re-directed to Manitoba (Canada), 'DUTY FREE' cachet and multiple Winnipeg arrival markings, a few blemishes. PO re-opened -.-.1902; STO -.-.1911; transferred to Railway 1.11.1917. Putzel rated RR in this period.
