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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
2d bistre and 4d blue
September 1882 and January 1877
Cape Town to the United Kingdom
February 1885
An example of a registered letter for which the fee was 4d in addition
to the postage .
The postage to the United Kingdom at this time was was 6d for each Yz ounce and lasted until the 1' 1
October 1888 when the rate went down to 4d for each Yz ounce. 
