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| Country: Cape of Good Hope Clear Subject: QV covers (early) Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1875 covers, both with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown marked "per R.M.S. via Plymouth NOV 25 1875" and "DE 5 1875" each with GB QV 1/- Plate 12 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated NO 25 1875 and DE 5 75 and both showing CAPE TOWN N/JA 1 76 transit, reverse of each with Grahams Town JA 5 76 arrival. The former was posted too late for the sailing specified and has small red handstruck circled cross on the address panel. £75 |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1875 cover, with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with GB QV 1/- Plate 12 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated DE 25 1875 showing CAPE TOWN D/JA 29 76 transit, reverse with Grahams Town FE 2 76 arrival. Carried by the "American" on her record breaking voyage to Cape Town. £40 |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1876 cover, with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with pair GB QV 6d Plate 15 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated JU 24 1876 showing CAPE TOWN B/JY 22 76 transit, reverse with Grahams Town JY xx 76 arrival. £40 |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1876 cover, with enclosed letter, marked per Steamer "Anglian" to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with GB QV 1/- Plate 9 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated SP 27 1876 showing CAPE TOWN G/OC 25 7(6) transit and purple "3" accountancy, reverse with Plymouth cds and Cape Packet Plymouth cds both dated SP 28 76 and Grahams Town OC 30 76 arrival, front soiled and creased. £30 |
;) ;) ;) | Surbiton Hill, Great Britain destination mail to Fort Murray, BRITISH KAFFRARIA postal history 1859 mourning cover to George Brownlow, Fort Murray, British Kaffraria, Cape of Good Hope from SURBITON HILL (no date slugs backstamp) with GB QV 6d pale lilac tied KINGSTON-ON-THAMES "422" duplex dated D/SP 5 59 showing red crayon 1d credited to the Cape Colony, reverse London S.W., DEVONPORT E/SP 6 59, red CAPE TOWN NO 16 1859 arrival, under flap "Ansd letter to Edward 12 Dec 1859". (Carried by the "Dane" packet boat). The area annexed to the British Cape Colony on 10 May 1835 as Queen Adelaide Province, but on 5 December 1835 the Cape Colony disallowed the annexation and it was renamed Queen Adelaide Land district with Grahamstown as its capital until 1847. On 17 December 1847 it was again annexed to the Cape Colony as British Kaffraria Colony with King William's Town as its capital. On 7 March 1860 British Kaffraria became a separate crown colony. It was finally re-incorporated into the Cape Colony on 17 April 1866. £425 |
;) | PRUSSIA to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1860 stampless wrapper "per Royal Mail Str via Plymouth via Ostend" to Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope with red strikes FRANKFURT 5 SEP 1860, circled "P.", LONDON PAID SP 5 60 displaying CAPE TOWN OC 14 1860 arrival on top flap. £125 |
;) | FRANCE to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1855 (FE 12) entire written Paris to Monsieur le Consul de France, Cape de Bonne Esperance with 20c, 40c, 80c plus excised missing stamp arriving Cape of Good Hope MY 5 1855, adhesives with faults. £120 |
;) ;) | CAPE-TOWN, Cape of Good Hope postal history (SQC) dated JY 2 83 on 1d within city cover, middle top opening tear, JACOT & PRILLEVITZ printed sender's flap. £4 |
;) | 215 used MALMESBURY, Cape of Good Hope postal history dated A/FE 20 83 on 2d rate cover, with original enclosure, to Cape Town. £40 |
;) | 653 used MONTAGU, Cape of Good Hope postal history on 1d rate cover dated DE 4 89 to Cape Town, some tone spots at base. £32 |
;) | 396 used MUIZENBERG, Cape of Good Hope postal history on 1d rate cover dated A/MY 28 89, some toning. £30 |
;) | 13 used STELLENBOSCH, Cape of Good Hope postal history (round top "3") on 1d rate cover dated A/AU 5 79, slight staining. £40 |
;) ;) | 284 used OUDTSHOORN, Cape of Good Hope postal history dated NO 16 84 on 3 x 2d cover. £40 |
;) | 203 used BEAUFORT WEST, Cape of Good Hope postal history dated B/JA 8 83 on 2 x 1d (one defective) cover. £25 |
;) ;) | 482 used CALA (contrary to regulations), Cape of Good Hope postal history on full 2d rate cover from solicitor at CALA (per flap) without despatch cds (contrary to regulations) showing Queens Town K/JU 28 88 arrival, some tone spotting. £48 |
;) | 250 used CALEDON, Cape of Good Hope postal history on full 1d rate cover dated MY 20 89 to Cape Town, opened 2 sides. £48 |
;) | 66. used WILLOWMORE, Cape of Good Hope postal history on QV 1d Post Card dated E/AP 16 89 to Cape Town. £28 |
;) | 78 used SEA POINT, Cape of Good Hope postal history full cover dated B/AU 2 82 with pair 1d to Cape Town. £45 |
;) | 202 used BEAUFORT, Cape of Good Hope postal history on full cover (opened three sides) with selotape across flap with fine BEAUFORT DE 16 1874 (DTO) alongside. £55 |
;) | 145 used QUEENS TOWN, Cape of Good Hope postal history on full 6d rated cover dated JY 19 86. £45 |