2498 GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL HISTORY
Auction #2222: WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: Special June auction!
Cover /      Cat.#:
F.VF     23/JUL/1868 Derry - South Africa: Cover sent to "Captain The Honr. Ernest G L Cochrane, HMS Petrel, Cape of Good Hope". The postage was paid with SG.43 plate 103 x6 + 104 pl. 6 (the stamp at top left folded over top of envelope to leave address clear), each stamp neatly cancelled by "Derry - 172" duplex, and transit backstamp of London. A very attractive cover carried by the Union Steamship Company at the inauguracion of the 3rd contract period in July 1868. NOTE: the previous owner bought this piece at Stanley Gibbons of London for £350, circa the year 2000, good opportunity at low start!
Starting Price: US$ 200       Current Price: US$ 200
Bid US$ 200 or more     Closing: 2022-06-23 22:30:00

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