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cover 1845 (16 Oct.) 1d. pink postal stationery envelope addressed to the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, showing manuscript pen strokes across the impressed value and with "8d" in the same ink at left, endorsed "Private Ship", red "CHELSEA" double-arc, London "PAID" tombstone and oval "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON" datestamps, minor perimeter faults at top, otherwise fine. Photo