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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Cape Town [1] to the United States
June 1867
Main feature
The ls 8d Y2 ounce rate to the United States but paid only to the port
of entry [in this case Philadelphia- 'Philadelphia Am PKT' cds on the
back]
The marks on the front show a Is 7d credit by the Cape Colony post office to the
UK post office in red crayon to ,the right under the address; '16' meaning J6c for the
cost of the transatlantic joumey by a United States mail packet which was credited
by the British post office to the United States post office; '5' meaning Se for the cost
of the intemal US postage. The '5' was applied in Philadelphia. 
