Cape of Good Hope 1899 Proving Cover BONC 1047 Cathcart

1899 Proving cover for CATHCART BARRED NUMERAL 1047: QV 1d stationery envelope uprated with a strip of three Hope Seated ½d. A postal charge of 2½d to Germany, the cover showing three strikes of the BONC canceller with the despatch cds alongside. Backstamped on arrival. Attractive, colourful, VF.