By: Harmers International, Inc.
lot # 173 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
186 4d pale milky blue, type Ib, margins to just in at botto
186 4d pale milky blue, type Ib, margins to just in at bottom right corner tied by large triangular obliterator to 1861 (8 Mar.) blue folded lettersheet from the McMaster & Crump correspondence, from Port Elizabeth to Grahamstown, cover backstamped with red double oval PORT ELIZABETH MR 8 1861 town datestamp, attractive and scarce., Ex Johnson, Dillaway.
SG 14; £8,250 ($11,260).
The date of use (8 March 1861) confirms this stamp being from one of the first two deliveries of the 4d Woodblocks either on the 23rd or 26th of February.
Estimate 1,500 2,000
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