Capetown 2738 (D)

Capetown 2738 (D) IN

A Letter from HMS”MILFORD” on her expedition to the Bouvet Island in 1934. Capt. Philipps tooks stamps from the Norwegian Consul at Capetown and overprited all by “BOUVET OYA”.   At the ships return to Capetown on 28th February 1934 the mail was handled as “Paquebot Mail”. The 3rd of March 1934 is also known as date of cancellation. The Capetown post office accepted the mail although the Norwegian authorities later refused to honor the actions of their Consul General.

5  Öre :   400 overprinted (thereof  268 used, 132 unused)
7  Öre :  100 overprinted (thereof 69 used, 31 unused)
10 Öre :  999 overprinted (thereof 305 used, 694 unused)
20 Öre :  799 overprinted (thereof 261 used, 538 unused)
30 Öre :  395 overprinted (thereof 243 used, 152 unused)

The letter was sold at the 56th Crosvenor-Auction (Lot # 1351) for 620 GB Pound.                               

 

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