Rhodesia

Ref: P5336
  • £175.00

1895 4d registered envelope to London with a 6d added to pay the postage tied by a barred numeral ‘826’ with a VICTORIA MASHONALAND JU 14 95 datestamp alongside. A London 13 JY 95 arrival c.d.s. is on the cover. The mail route changed in 1895 and the Pioneer Route discontinued. A mail coach service travelled via Mine Hill to Bulawayo and then on to Cape Town. The addressee M Joseph was a diamond merchant in London.