cover 1861 (Jan. 18) cover from Genadendal via Cape Town and London addressed to Prussia, bearing 1/- bright yellow-green, slightly cut-into at base, and 1d. deep rose-red (2, one fine, the other close at one corner where there is a trace of a crease), all tied by red triangular cancellations; cover with small faults including slight staining; very rare. R.P.S. Certificate No. 47,264 (not present)

Details
cover 1861 (Jan. 18) cover from Genadendal via Cape Town and London addressed to Prussia, bearing 1/- bright yellow-green, slightly cut-into at base, and 1d. deep rose-red (2, one fine, the other close at one corner where there is a trace of a crease), all tied by red triangular cancellations; cover with small faults including slight staining; very rare. R.P.S. Certificate No. 47,264 (not present)
Provenance
Caspary, 1958, sale 12, lot 290
Huston, 1961, lot 155
Sir Maxwell Joseph, 1982, lot 357