Ref: K2411
- £775.00
1896 envelope to Stutterheim, Cape, franked with two pairs of ½d's cancelled DARKTON 12 AUG 96. Pretoria transit and Stutterheim 18 AUG 96 arrival cancels are on the back. On 6 September 1895 the letter rate to the ZAR was reduced to 1d per ½ oz. It would appear as though the sender, Grosvenor Darke (the founder of Darkton) initially put a pair of ½d's on to pay what he thought was the 1d rate, but postage to other neighbouring states was still 2d and so an additional pair of ½d's was affixed and cancelled later that day. A very fine and scarce cover.
