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Catalogue 327: Worldwide Postal History - The Enzo Carnio Collection (part I)
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  • Lot# : 5190 Natal

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    1857/61: Embossed 6 d. green, a used example on 7 October 1857 entire letter from Edward Dixon in Pietermaritzburg to Anderson Saxon in Cape Town, cancelled by oval "POST OFFICE / P.M.BURG" despatch in black over "Paid" manuscript endorsement; reverse with "CAPE TOWN / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" arrival cds in red (Oct 22), with no postage due charge raised. Minor iron stains to obverse, some tears on flap but a rare entire.rnProvenance: Sotheby's, South Africa, 14 June 1995, lot 309.rnNote: Cover #11 in Keith Klugman census recorded in the London Philatelist, Voplume 129, number 1480, Nov 2020.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5191 Natal

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    1857/61: Embossed 6 d. green, a fine example used on 1859 cover from Pietermaritzburg to Thomas Maclear at the Observatory in Cape Town, cancelled by oval "POST OFFICE / P.M.BURG" despatch in black. Unusually routed via Port Elizabeth with oval transit in red in reverse (April 23) with manuscript "8d." due in ink (4 d. Port Elizabeth Port fee + 4 d. overland to Cape Town), red oval arrival (April 27). The adhesive has been removed and replaced but an unusual and rare cover. rnProvenance: W.E. Lea; Schuyler Rumsey, 12 March 2005, lot 2252.rnNote: Cover #22 in Keith Klugman census recorded in the London Philatelist, Volume 129, number 1480, Nov 2020.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 540 CHF
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