CAPE OF GOOD HOPE triangular issues on cover 1853-1870. Price £400 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds). 812 covers mainly illustrated in part or full in b/w or colour, with text descriptions spanning period SP 3 1853 - JA 1 1870. This file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc. Provenance given when known. 258 pages (A4 size) Price £400 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Know exactly what to buy, and not waste money on unwanted items. £400
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE triangular issues on cover 1853-1870. Price £400 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds).
812 covers mainly illustrated in part or full in b/w or colour, with text descriptions spanning period SP 3 1853 - JA 1 1870. This file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc. Provenance given when known.
258 pages (A4 size)
Price £400 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer.
Know exactly what to buy, and not waste money on unwanted items. £400
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history Undated Coat-of-Arms flap OHMS cover as used by the Officer of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, a deep tear affects the Coat-of-Arms. £25
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: 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
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