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1868, Coat of arms 4d. ultramarine tied by illegible cds. to combination cover with two horizontal strips of three and single Cape of Good Hope 1d. red and further single ½d. gray-black, all tied by cds. "CAPE -TOWN AU 11 80" to Wiesbaden, marked in blue crayon "2" for double weight cover with further strike of black "T" and charged with "160" Pfg., reverse with transit and arrival mark, some transportation wear, adhesives few imperfections, somewhat tones, nevertheless an remarkably attractive and rare entire, unsurprisingly, the majority of the other known examples were sent to the British Isles, thus a rare destination
Provenance: 84th. Shanahan's Stamp Auction (1959)
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