Lot 476
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cover 1887 (27 Sept.) envelope, complete with letter headed "Sefula, Haut Zambezi", from the French missionary Rev. Francois Coillard addressed to France, bearing Transvaal 1885-93 ½d., 1d., 2d. and 6d. (damaged) cancelled by "8" three-ring obliterators with "ZEERUST/TRANSVAAL" c.d.s. (23.2.1888) alongside, red crayon "7½d", handstruck "2½d" in red, Calais-Paris T.P.O. c.d.s. (28.3) with, on reverse, Cape Town (3.3) and London (28.3) transit c.d.s.; the envelope a little soiled and creased, nevertheless a magnificent early missionary cover from Northern Rhodesia. Photo
cover 1887 (27 Sept.) envelope, complete with letter headed "Sefula, Haut Zambezi", from the French missionary Rev. Francois Coillard addressed to France, bearing Transvaal 1885-93 ½d., 1d., 2d. and 6d. (damaged) cancelled by "8" three-ring obliterators with "ZEERUST/TRANSVAAL" c.d.s. (23.2.1888) alongside, red crayon "7½d", handstruck "2½d" in red, Calais-Paris T.P.O. c.d.s. (28.3) with, on reverse, Cape Town (3.3) and London (28.3) transit c.d.s.; the envelope a little soiled and creased, nevertheless a magnificent early missionary cover from Northern Rhodesia. Photo

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cover 1887 (27 Sept.) envelope, complete with letter headed "Sefula, Haut Zambezi", from the French missionary Rev. Francois Coillard addressed to France, bearing Transvaal 1885-93 ½d., 1d., 2d. and 6d. (damaged) cancelled by "8" three-ring obliterators with "ZEERUST/TRANSVAAL" c.d.s. (23.2.1888) alongside, red crayon "7½d", handstruck "2½d" in red, Calais-Paris T.P.O. c.d.s. (28.3) with, on reverse, Cape Town (3.3) and London (28.3) transit c.d.s.; the envelope a little soiled and creased, nevertheless a magnificent early missionary cover from Northern Rhodesia. Photo