1881 UNION LINE MAIL Cape Town to England: Envelope addressed "Per Nubian 1.3.81", franked Hope Seated 6d well tied despatch Barred Oval Numeral 1 Duplex Canceller MR 1. Backstamped arrival MR 25, a journey of 25 days. Faults but F, a pleasing named ship letter. The Nubian sailed from Cape Town Tuesday March 1st. The following year, whilst sailing to Cape Town December 19th 1892, she ran aground and sank in the Tagus river, five miles from Lisbon."
