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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Y2d on three pence claret, 1 d red and 6d mauve
July 1882, August 1882 and August 1882
King Williams Town [ 4] to Germany
November 1882
4~ · c/ · ... ·
Main feature
The 71J2d lJ2 ounce rate to Germany using the 'One Half-penny'
surcharge stamp issued to cope with the reduction of postage on
inland newspapers to 1J2d from the 1st July 1882. The order for a
supply of the ordinary 1/2d grey-black stamps had been cancelled as
it was not thought that this reduction [contained in the Post Office
Bill] would take place.
The postage seems to have gone to this rate in 1880. Cape Colony did not join the UPU until the 151
January 1895 whereas Germany and Great Britain had joined in July 1875. The 2Yzd accountancy mark
is the credit to the United Kingdom and is the equivalent of the UPU rate for a Yz ounce letter from the 
