Lot
3233 
1877 (Apr. 7) Philadelphia Pa. to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, cover bearing 5¢ blue (179) and 10¢ brown (161), tied by cork cancels, red-orange "Philad'a, Paid All, May 7" exchange cds (wrong month slug, should be "Apr") and red crayon "50" centimes (10¢) credit to U.K., carried American Line Indiana from Philadelphia Apr. 7th to Queenstown arriving Apr. 16th, then Union Line Dunrobin Castle from Dartmouth Apr. 20th to Cape Town arriving May 12th, Cape Town (5.14) arrival cds, Very Fine use at the 15¢ pre-UPU rate to Cape of Good Hope. Estimate $150 - 200.
Cape of Good Hope joined UPU in February 1895.
Realized: $130