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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.