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1900 (9 Apr) International registered cover from Bloemfontein (Orange Free State, British occupation) to Paris (France), franked with two 1/2d on 1/2d and 6d on 6d (Orange Free State, British occupation), canceled by Bloemfontein postmark. Via Capetown April 17, 1900. Arrive in Paris May 6, 1900. Issued to the recipient May 7, 1953

British Commonwealth / South Africa (... 1961)
Catalog: Stanley Gibbons 101, 109
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