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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.