Cape of Good Hope 1848 Lovely London Missionary Society Letter

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Description

  • 1848 LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY WRAPPER:
  • Wonderful folded wrapper from Cape Town addressed
  • "The Revd Arthur Sidman, Foreign Secretary to the London Missionary Society, Mission House, Blomfield Street, Finsbury, London."
  • Front shows crisp strike of the Cape Town Undated Letter Stamp (ULS 3),
  • ratings (4d ship letter rate of 1846 applied at Cape Town, subsequently deleted at London where 8d incoming letter rate of 1840 applied) and
  • straight-line SHIP-LETTER at top right.
  • Arrival cds 25 SP 1848 in red on reverse.
  • VF, most attractive.
  • A superior representation of the Undated Cape Town GPO handstamp.