1900 CORK CANCEL COVER: Attractive stationery envelope of "JRB Edmeades, De Hoek, Oudtshoorn" franked Hope Standing 1d superbly tied by exceptional crisp bold strike of cork cancel shaped as a diamond within a square. Mossel Bay cds FE 13 00 on reverse. Lovely item, VF, very rare. Research on a similarly cork-cancelled letter by Rev Pauw Steyl proves the use of this particular implement at BRANDWACHT, a small village with Postal Agency 12 miles from Mossel Bay.
