cover 1860 (17 May) cover from Aliwal, endorsed "British and foreign postage paid", addressed to Holland, bearing a superb 1/- bright yellow-green showing a crisp light triangular cancellation with single 1d. deep rose-red, good margins except at upper left where there is a small fault; addressee excised, showing on the front "Franco" h.s. and London transit c.d.s. and backstamped "ALIWAL/MY 17/1860" red oval, Cape Town and Gravenhage.

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cover 1860 (17 May) cover from Aliwal, endorsed "British and foreign postage paid", addressed to Holland, bearing a superb 1/- bright yellow-green showing a crisp light triangular cancellation with single 1d. deep rose-red, good margins except at upper left where there is a small fault; addressee excised, showing on the front "Franco" h.s. and London transit c.d.s. and backstamped "ALIWAL/MY 17/1860" red oval, Cape Town and Gravenhage.
Provenance
Sir Maxwell Joseph, 1982

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