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CAPE  OF  GOOD  HOPE  

4d  blue  

August  1865  

Grahams  Town  to  the  United  Kingdom  

June  1867  

Main  feature  

The  contract  packet  rate  of  1 shilling  for  each  Y2  ounce.  

This rate to the United  Kingdom by contract packet  lasted from the  1st  April1863  to the 30th  June  1876  
when the rate went down to 6d for each lh ounce. Four days from Grahams-Town  to Cape Town. 
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