Lot 1030: Cape of Good Hope 1843 (20 Mar.) entire letter, folded five times to produce a triangular missive, from Mrs. Caroline Thomson, prob...

Name: Cape of Good Hope 1843 (20 Mar.) entire letter, folded five times to produce a triangular missive, from Mrs. Caroline Thomson, prob...
Brand: Spink
SKU: 49ae00bb7f

Est: £1,200 GBP - £1,500 GBPSold:

SpinkLondon, United KingdomDecember 08, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Cape of Good Hope
1843 (20 Mar.) entire letter, folded five times to produce a triangular missive, from Mrs. Caroline Thomson, probably a resident of Simonstown, to Mrs. Maclean at the Royal Observatory, rated "3" in red ink and showing a fair strike of the Crowned " general post office/cape of good hope" oval d.s. A wonderful frontis piece to any Cape of Good Hope collection. Photo

Artist or Maker

? (1845) Thomson

Notes

Note: The cover is accompanied by an article on the above item by the late Commander F.W. Collins, R.N., entitled "Cape Triangulars - Is this their Origin"

provenance:
Sir Henry Tucker, November 1979
"Maximus", September 1989

Auction Details

British Africa The Vestey Collection

Spink

December 08, 2010, 10:00 AM GMT

69 Southampton Row Bloomsbury, London, LDN, WC1B 4ET, UK

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