External Communications: Southern Route via Kimberley
cover 1900 (29 Mar.) XU5 (some age spotting) to Wynberg (near Cape Town, 24.5 arrival), bearing fancy surcharge on cape 3d. on 1d. pair, cancelled by c.d.s. and showing "KIMBERLEY/C.G.H." squared-circle d.s. (22.5) adjacent. The dates indicate that the cover may possibly have been held in Mafeking until after the liberation. S.G. 3. Photo
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cover 1900 (29 Mar.) XU5 (some age spotting) to Wynberg (near Cape Town, 24.5 arrival), bearing fancy surcharge on cape 3d. on 1d. pair, cancelled by c.d.s. and showing "KIMBERLEY/C.G.H." squared-circle d.s. (22.5) adjacent. The dates indicate that the cover may possibly have been held in Mafeking until after the liberation. S.G. 3. Photo