Lot 600
1860, 30¢ orange (38), Used with 3¢ type II (26) tied by neat Boston PAID grid on 1861 folded letter to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, paying the 33¢ British Mail rate via Plymouth, red "Boston Am. Pkt./ Paid/ Jun 14" exchange office c.d.s. on reverse, red manuscript "12" plus red London Paid transit c.d.s. (Jun 27) and "1d" handstamp, backstamped Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (Aug 13 & 16); slight refolding at bottom, Very Fine. Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Realized $1,150 |