Details
cover 1853 (25 Nov.), double letter sheet from Beaufort addressed to Cape Town, bearing 1d. deep brick-red pair with large margins except at one corner where touched and with corner crease, 4d. deep blue on blued single, small faults, and block of four, slightly creased; probably 1/4d. postage for a letter not exceeding 2oz. and 6d. registration (in 1853 the word "Registered" did not have to appear on the face of the entire); very scarce
Provenance
Davy, 1960, lot 73
Wilkins
Sir Maxwell Joseph, 1982, lot 234
Wilkins
Sir Maxwell Joseph, 1982, lot 234