Details
cover 1859 (26 Oct.) entire letter "p. Phoebe" addressed to Wolverhampton, bearing 1/- bright yellow-green pair with the most enormous margins, tied by triangular cancellations and by part of "1/8" manuscript marking; cover, showing "LONDON/NO 26/59/PAID" d.s. in red, backstamped "CAPE TOWN/OC 22/1859/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" and "WOLVERHAMPTON/NO 26/59"; spectacular franking
Provenance
"Solomon", 1982, lot 165