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Figure 13. Census number 99. The only recorded 3d Natal embossed tête-bêche pair on cover or front is
this example (a front), cancelled with pen cross, likely originating in Pine Town, addressed to the Dean of
Pietermaritzburg.
Acknowledgements.
Figures 9 and 10 are shown with gracious permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from
the Royal collection. Figures 5, 7, and 8 are shown with permission from the Roger Porter RDPSA
collection. Remaining illustrations are from the author’s collection.
References.
Dickson, J. (1997) ‘The embossed revenue stamps of Natal, 1846 to 1868, part II. Natal embossed stamps
from the dies by B. Wyon of London’, Natal & Zululand Post, 1, pp25-35.
Holden, W. C. (1855) History of the Colony of Natal, South Africa, London.
Klugman K.P. (2010) ‘Pre-1850 letters from the first American missionaries in Natal’, Collectors Club
Philatelist, 89, pp35-37.
Klugman, K. P. (2014) ‘Anglo-Boer military letter in 1842’, The London Philatelist, 123, pp141-143.
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