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CAPE  OF  GOOD  HOPE  

Port  Elizabeth  to  the  United  States  October  1902  

The  use  of  the  5s  Od stam p.  

The  most  likely  explanation  for  this  item  [as  UPU  letter  rates  at  multiples  
of 2Y2d do  not  work  into  8s  7d- 8s  lld  paid  less  the  registration  fee  of  
4d]  is  that  it  was  sent  by  parcel  post  at  8s  6d  for  7  to  8  lbs  with  a  
registration  fee  of 4d  and  a  parcel  late  fee  of  1  d. 
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