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The London Philatelist

Table 2. Census of recorded local use multiples and combination frankings of the Natal 1857 3d.
Census Rate Franking Dates Origin Destination Provenance
number Cancel
To C Behrens Lagerloef.
15 June Harmers NY, 22 Oct
92 6d 2 x 3d Durban PMBurg
1857-9 59; BPSB cert 6 May 98;
Klugman Coll.
93 6d 2 x 3d 7 Dec 1857 Durban PMBurg To David Buist. Royal Coll.

Pearse Corr.
‘X’ Other Ex Classics Soc. Archive.
94 6d 2 x 3d 4 Aug 1859 PMBurg
Small Town BPA cert 24 Feb 2004.
Klugman Coll.

95 9d 3 x 3d 14 Feb 1859 PMBurg oval Durban To Rev Lloyd. Royal Coll.
To Maclean. Hurst Coll.,
96 9d 3 x 3d - Umhlali ms PMBurg
Durban Museum.
To John Goodricke.
BPA cert 5 Mar 2017.
97 9d 3 x 3d 7 Mar 1860 PMBurg oval Durban Enclosure to Goodricke
dated 7 March 1860.
Klugman Coll.
To Lewis Grout, c/o G. C.
Umsunduzi Cato, Durban; Mercury 5
98 6d 3d pair - PMBurg oval
via Durban Dec 1962; Kohler sale 228.
Klugman Coll.
To the Dean of
Pietermaritzburg.
Harmers 4 May 36, lot
2 x 3d 246; ex Boker, Behr; illus.
[tête- ‘X’ (Probably
99 6d - PMBurg in Monaco Rarities of the
bêche Pine Town).
pair] World, p41, 1997; listed
in Philatelic Gems 4, p82;
signed Bloch; BPA cert
1998. Klugman Coll.
Greytown,
6d no. 4 9d 3d + 6d PMBurg oval 1
Natal
Fort Scott,
6d no. 5 3d + 6d PMBurg oval 1
Natal

Of the three local covers (Census numbers 92-94) paying the 6d double rate with two 3d stamps,
one (Census number 93) is in the Royal collection, and is shown for the first time with gracious
permission of Her Majesty (Figure 9).
Of the three covers known, franked by three 3d stamps to pay the 9d triple rate, the highest
franked Natal embossed cover in the Royal Collection, also not previously shown, is also illustrated
(Census number 95, Figure 10) again by gracious permission of Her Majesty.
The other two covers are a similar franking from Pietermaritzburg to Goodricke in Durban
(Census number 96, Figure 11) and an Umhlali part cover to Pietermaritzburg in the Hurst collection

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