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1872 UNDERPAID MAIL LIVERPOOL TO CAPE TOWN 1s GREEN (SG117) 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 1/- / HALF FINE 6'. Wrapper Liverpool to 'Clifford Knight Esq, Spanish Council, Cape Town, Good Hope' with 1s green pl.5 (SG117) lettered AI, some short perforations, tied good strike 'LIVERPOOL/466' duplex 9 SP 72. Postage underpaid with initial charge '1/6' deleted and recharged '2/-', confirmed by fair strike 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 1/- / HALF FINE 6' two line instructional marking in black, filing fold affects. Presumably cover should have been paid 2/- ¾oz - 1oz rate. Unusual. (Ref 144786).
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