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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Ship letters
Cape Town to Burma redirected to the United Kingdom
Maih feature
October 1865
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The Cape 4d -Y2 oz ship letter rate ap.d the cash redirection mark and
charge of 6 annas raised [4 annas deleted] in Mayet-Mot in Burma or
in Calcutta India.
The postage on ship letters was 4d for each Y2 oz. This rate was introduced ou the 181 Aprill863 and
lasted until the 30th June 1876 after which the rate went up to 6d for each Y2 oz. The manuscript 1d
has been deleted. No charge was raised in the UK on delivery. Transit dates: cape Town October 10
1865,; Calcutta Ship letter arrivall1 December 1865; Mayet-Mot Burma 19 January 1866; Calcutta
Unpaid departure 5 February 1866; London 22March 1866. 
