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1906 (13 May) International cover from Pietermaritzburg (Natal) to Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island, Canada), franked with 1d and two 1/2d (Natal), canceled by Pietermaritzburg postmark. Arrive in Charlottetown June 12, 1906

British Commonwealth / South Africa (... 1961)
Catalog: Stanley Gibbons 147, 146
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