1876 PRIVATE SHIP MAIL: Envelope notated "Per D Currie's Mail" and franked Hope Seated 4d tied by the small triangular defacer with on front KINGWILLIAMSTOWN departure cds MR 4, WATERFORD (?) transit MR 5, CAPE TOWN transit cds MR 9 and the "2d" handstamp in red. Reverse shows arrival marks. From 1876 this letter would have been delivered by ship from Port Elizabeth as from that year the Currie Line was required to extend their sailings to the Eastern Frontier. A scarce early Donald Currie endorsed mail item, light soiling, F.
