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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Letters sent via the United Kingdom and Brindisi
King Williams Town [4] to India
September 187 5
Main feature
The routing via Brindisi for which a supplementary postage was
payable. The letter is endorsed 'Via Brindisi'
The postage to India at this time was ls 8d for Y2 oz via the United Kingdom [by British mail packet
to the United Kingdom] and the supplementary postage was 3d as can be seen in the arrangement of
the stamps. The previous supplement earlier in 1875 had been 4d.
The accountancy marks in red are: put on in Cape Town Is IOd credit to the United Kingdom and Id
put on in London as the credit to India. An Indian type 'Sea Post Office' cds is on the back. 
