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Cape of Good Hope Collections

Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope Collections

Cape of Good Hope

Lot 610

250.00 CAD

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1843 (July 30), Prisoner at Robben Island, folded letter to Dundee, struck with clear crowned oval GENERAL POST OFFICE / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

1843 (July 30), Prisoner at Robben Island, folded letter to Dundee, struck with clear crowned oval GENERAL POST OFFICE / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE handstamp (Jurgens Type 11) in black, manuscript "8" (pence) ship letter rate, reverse with unframed SHIP LETTER in black, red October 27 transit and next-day arrival c.d.s., with complete three-page letter by William Thomson, filing fold, else fine. Thomson writes to his sister in Dundee confirming he has secured the "paper of my liberty" and expects release on October 8, 1843. Without explicitly stating his crime, his mention of being 2,027 miles further from home than when in Raleigh and his plan to return to England via Liverpool suggests he was a soldier or sailor sentenced to banishment - a common practice for military prisoners held on the island at this time. An exceptional record of this period of Robben Island's history, predating its use as a leper colony and political prison.

Cape of Good Hope Collections

Lot 1100

Scott 3a/19c

150.00 CAD

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Cape of Good Hope, 1855/64, group of used Triangles, twenty seven singles, comprising 1d (x8), 4d (x10), 6d (x5), and 1sh (x4), with

Cape of Good Hope, 1855/64, group of used Triangles, twenty seven singles, comprising 1d (x8), 4d (x10), 6d (x5), and 1sh (x4), with examples of both Perkins Bacon and De La Rue printings, noting several three margin examples and a range shades within each denomination, mostly cream or white papers, dramatically mixed condition and several forgeries present, but a useful reference group of these iconic issues.