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Lot# 1214 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1214 Griqualand

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    Cape of Good Hope Mount Currie Express Labels 1874 perf. 12½ 1d. yellow-green, an unused corner marginal vertical pair from the sheet of twelve, traces of gum, some soiling which is not unusual for this issue.rnNote: In 1874, as there was no postal service in East Griqualand to Harding in Natal, Paramount Chief Adam Kok gave permission to the trading firm of Ballance & Goodliffe to issue stamps and run posts. The mail was carried on a regular weejkly basis by native runners and was organised by Mr. W. Wesley Darby, who ran the local store at Mount Currie on behalf of the owners, Messrs. balance and Goodliffe. The charge was 6 d. per ½ oz. letter, but only 1 d. if franked by the Mount Currie Express stamp. The service was discontinued after three years in 1877 when East Griqualand was annexed to the Cape Colony.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF