Lot 154
154
cover 1859 (28 Jan.) entire from Port Elizabeth addressed to Cape Town, bearing 4d. blue, cut into at left and touched at one place at foot, tied by "POST OFFICE/PORT ELIZABETH/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" mail bag seal cancellation; backstamped Port Elizabeth and Cape Town red oval d.s.; very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979)

Details
cover 1859 (28 Jan.) entire from Port Elizabeth addressed to Cape Town, bearing 4d. blue, cut into at left and touched at one place at foot, tied by "POST OFFICE/PORT ELIZABETH/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" mail bag seal cancellation; backstamped Port Elizabeth and Cape Town red oval d.s.; very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979)
Provenance
Maria de la Queillerie, 1970
Post lot text
CERTIFICATE: B.P.A. (1979)
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