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CAPE: 1901 Port Elizabeth to Pretoria. Envelope franked 1d Hope
Standing cds NO 21 with alongside the Pretoria double triangle
censor mark. Shows also the dated overlap portion of Censor Seal
type 7D and in violet the initialled double triangle Port Elizabeth
censor cachet. Backstamped 25 Nov on arrival. Lovely markings. VF.
With the volume of mail emanating from Port Elizabeth, the censors
were very busy and used mainly in violet the shallow double
triangle (53x22mm) with or without manuscript initials.
Roussouw/Pirie (1954/5) list only two marks for PE whereas Prime
(2012) records four. Additionally we record in black a double
triangle with large initials T.M. in centre, this on a cover dated
28 JU 01 from PE to Cape Town, the cover in the Dillaway
collection. Prime lists this same censor mark (type MDR 1) for
Modder River?.

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CAPE: 1901 port Elisabeth to Pretoria. Envelope franked 1 d Hope Standing Cds NO 21 with alongside the Pretoria rolled gold triangle censor mark. Shows well, the dated overlap dose of Censor Seal type 7 D and in violet the initialled rolled gold triangle port Elisabeth censor cachet. Backstamped 25 Nov on arrival. Lovely markings. VF. With the volume of mail emanating from port Elisabeth, the censors were very busy and used basically in violet the shallow rolled gold triangle (53 x22 mm) with upper margin without manuscript initials. Roussouw / Pirie (1954 / 5) Cunning only two marks for PE whereas tone (2012) records four. Additionally we record in black a rolled gold triangle with large initials T. M. In centre, this on a cover dated 28 JU 01 from PE to Cape Town, the cover in the Dillaway collection. Tone lists this same censor mark (type MDR 1) for mud River.?

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