Netherlands Indies 1905 Medan Orange River OFFICIALLY REDIRECTED THABA’NCHU
Racebaan (Race Track) in Medan postcard, franked with 2-1/2c and 5c Numerals, tied by MEDAN squared circle, to Bloemfontein, with N.I AGENT SINGAPORE squared circle (28 3) and Colombo (AP 2) transits, double-circle c.d.s. receiver, address crossed-out and handstamped OFFICIALLY / REDIRECTED, carried onwards to THABA'NCHU, with neatly-struck c.d.s. arrival mark (18.MAY), some light edge wear and corner creases, a rare redirected cover from this uncommon origin, to a smaller town.
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Reunion 1870 St. Denis to Port Louis Mauritius Stampless Folded Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined 5 June, written from St. Denis, with oval cachet of merchants Leopold Lalanne, endorsed "per Michel" and struck with blue "3d." charge mark, Mauritius "A" c.d.s. arrival backstamp (22 Jun), a remarkably fresh and fine entire.
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Rhodesia Sc #50-57 (1897) 1/2d to £1 Coat of Arms Used Set
1/2d slate & violet to £1 black & red Coat of Arms, used, many neatly-struck partial c.d.s. postmarks, a desirable set, chiefly fine-very fine.
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Sierra Leone 1907 SALVED FROM SS JEBBA Freetown to Southampton Disaster Mail Cover
1d KEVII postal stationery cover, postmarked Freetown (26 Feb), to Southampton, England, handstamped SALVED FROM / SS JEBBA (Hoggarth & Gwynn Type 1), with Mokamba (Feb 25) and Southampton (19 Mar) c.d.s. backstamps, some faults as expected for such shipwreck mail, scarce. The S.S. Jebba, of the African Steam Ship Company, sailed from Freetown on March 4, destined for Plymouth, but ran ashore in dense fog at Bolt Tail, Devon, on 18 March; the vessel was lost, but the mail was salvaged.
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South Africa Cape of Good Hope 1/2d KEVII Wrapper 1907 Cape Town to Frankfurt
1p surcharged postal stationery card, uprated with 1/2d Hope, tied by Woodstock squared circle, to the S.M.S. Habicht, then at Kamerun (Cameroon), Freetown, Sierra Leone c.d.s. transit (May 26) and Funchal Madeira (18 May) transit markings, corner creases, yet a rare card to a German gunboat.
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South West Africa 1926 Rail Post Cover ARIAMSVLEI to Sea Point Cape Town
Cover franked with pair and block of four 1/2d KGV South West Africa / Zuidwest Afrika overprints, tied by violet oval S.A.R.S.H. ARIAMSVLEI (20 Jun), to Sea Point, next-day Cape Town c.d.s. receiver, endorsed "Rail Post", no backstamps, scarce and fine. ex "Greca" (2021), John Sussex (2015).
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