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Lot# 2062 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 2062 Cape of Good Hope

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    1864: 1 d. deep carmine-red, a used example with two good margins and touched at left, tied to local 1864  cover addressed to Miss Maclear, tied by barred '1' obliterator with CAPE TOWN / CAPE COLONY datestamp (Sept 13) alongside. Miss Maclear was the daughter of Sir Thomas Maclear who ran the Astronomical Observatory at the Cape. The reverse of the envelope bears the embossed seal of the "2nd Batallion of the 10th North Lincolnshire Regiment, Egypt". A most attractive and rare cover carried at the newly introduced (February 1, 1864) local rate of 1d.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF