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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Redirected [Reposted] mail
Germany to Wynberg to Somerset Strand
June 1897
Main feature
The charge on a redirected item was the same as the original postage
[except on items coming from abroad] and if not paid by the person
doing the redirecting the charge was payable at the ultimate address.
The postcard should have been paid 1 Opf in Germany not Spf. This equated with
%d which doubled gave the 1d first charged. The inland rate for postcards was %d
and this was the effective charge as the redirection was treated as an intemal
posting. The two added together gave 1 %d. The boxed T mark is German.
The only exception to the rule was a redirection having effect in the same post
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