Cape of Good Hope 1848 Grahamstown Post Paid, Rarity!

Cape of Good Hope 1848 Grahamstown Post Paid, Rarity!
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Cape of Good Hope 1848 Grahamstown Post Paid, Rarity!
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Cape of Good Hope 1848 Grahamstown Post Paid, Rarity!
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  • 1848 GRAHAMSTOWN POSTMASTER'S LOCAL HANDSTAMP:
  • Charming folded entire (12th Feby) to Port Elizabeth attractively rated "4" in purple manuscript.
  • Bears at top left a superb strike of the boxed POST PAID handstamp (Goldblatt PM1)
  • apparently privately manufactured/used by the postmaster at Grahamstown.
  • On reverse intact red wax seal of "Birkenruth & Kift / Graham's Town / Cape of Good Hope."
  • A great rarity, an exhibition piece for connoisseur!
  • Expertise: Signed: Roth, Guarantee: Johnson.
  • Ex Rogers, Sir Maxwell Joseph, Johnson & Dillaway.
  • We record three surviving covers bearing strikes of this handstamp.

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