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;) ;) ;) | TRANSVAAL to ARGENTINA (gold mining period) 1894 use of 1d PSE with added defective 1d pmk'd Pretoria 25 FEB 94 additionally tied by red London MR 8 94 transit, reverse text headed by an unidentified 'camp' (purity, survey?) with Cape Town D/FE 28 94 transit and Buenos Aires AB 15 94 arrival, central vertical crease. Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, in the Transvaal, in 1886. Thousands of white and black South Africans were employed on the mines by 1890. Even though the Transvaal gold mines were the richest in the world they were the most difficult to mine because the reefs lay so deep underground. The gold had to be mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds. £95 |
;) | KALK BAY "447", Cape of Good Hope full text card written Noordhoek pmk'd Kalk Bay A/OC 25 02 with Cape Town OC 25 02 and Noordhoek I/OC 25 02, message re sending eggs by todays train. £40 |
;) | GRABOUW, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) dated B/SP 25 16 on KE7 1d (SG.74). £5 |
;) | INDWE, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) dated A/OC 5 02 on 1d (SG.58a). £4 |
;) | LONGLANDS, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel dated AU 1 6 on KE7 1d (SG.74). £12 |
;) | 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 |
;) | CRADOCK, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel 2-line CRADOCK./MAR 24 1865 on 1862 6d slate-lilac/white (SG.7c), margins clear 2 sides. £185 |
;) | STUTTERHEIM, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (Skeleton relief CDS) B/MR 31 1913 on KE7 1d (SG.71). £5 |
;) | CLANWILLIAM, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) B/SP 6 11 on KE7 1d (SG.71). £8 |
;) | VICTORIA WEST, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) OC 10 11 on KE7 1d (SG.71). £5 |
;) | LOWER PAARL, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) DE 28 11 on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £5 |
;) | MODDERFONTEIN, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) JA 30 9 on QV 1d (SG.49a). £7 |
;) | FORT BEAUFORT, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) FE 28 11 on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £3 |
;) | GRAHAMS TOWN STATION, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) part dated B/AP 15 -- (year partial but indistinct) on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £8 |
;) | MARTINDALE, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) sideways O/AP 8 04 on KE7 1d (SG.71). £8 |
;) | GEORGE, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) SP 15 11 on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £6 |
;) | MALENGE, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) SP 18 11 on KE7 1d (SG.71), rare office. £18 |