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SOUTH AFRICA 1930 SGO5a, O8 Cover

Stock Code: P212009655

Official. 1930 (20 FEB) registered OHMS cover from Pretoria to Newport, IOW, franked at 6d rate (2d postage + 4d registration) by 1929-31 1d black and carmine "Set 4" (= 1929 issue) and 1928-30 2d grey and maroon "Set 4" (= 1929 issue, recess, 19mm space), each in horiz pair, tied by legible cds (another very fine strike on reverse), with fine registration cachet and oval crowned "POSTMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE / OFFICIAL FREE" H/S at left. Arrival backstamps of "17 MR 30". The cover a little toned, with small faults, still a fine and neat usage, most unusual with two intact pairs, and the overprint on the 2d markedly misplaced to left. Ex Matheson. [Union Handbook O13, O14]

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