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CAPE  OF  GOOD  HOPE  

4d  blue  
August  1865  

Ship  letter  Cape  Town  to  New South  Wales  

October  1881  

~.a.  

Main  feature  

The  ship  letter  rate  of 4d  for%  oz in  force  from  the  1st  July  1876  to  the  
30th September  1888  for letters  posted  in  the  port  of departure  of the  
ship.  If not  posted  in  the  port  of departure  the  rate  was  6d  for  % oz in  
the  same  period.  

The flap of the letter on the back shows 'Crown'  Government  House Cape Town. 
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