STELLALAND
cover 1884 (30 Sept.) envelope to Pretoria, marked "paid 2d", bearing 1884 4d. with manuscript initials "FAE" (Frank Alexander Eaton, the Resident Magistrate's Clerk and Postmaster) and dated "30/9/84", in combination with Transvaal 1883 re-issue 3d. cancelled "6" at Christiana and showing, on reverse, Christiana and Pretoria (10.10) c.d.s.; the envelope with some light staining, mainly around adhesives. A very rare cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1976). Photo
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cover 1884 (30 Sept.) envelope to Pretoria, marked "paid 2d", bearing 1884 4d. with manuscript initials "FAE" (Frank Alexander Eaton, the Resident Magistrate's Clerk and Postmaster) and dated "30/9/84", in combination with Transvaal 1883 re-issue 3d. cancelled "6" at Christiana and showing, on reverse, Christiana and Pretoria (10.10) c.d.s.; the envelope with some light staining, mainly around adhesives. A very rare cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1976). Photo
Further details
Note: Prospective buyers are referred to an erudite article "A Postal History of Stellaland" by Alan Drysdall in "The London Philatelist", March-April 1992. This cover is No. 2 in the list of thirteen recorded.