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          CENTENARY OF THE UNION-CASTLE COMPANIES SERVICE U.K. TO SOUTH AFRICA      

                                  FINE CACHET OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER 2.18

                        SHIP WHEEL SPECIAL POSTMARK AT CAPE TOWN 5 OCT. 1976

                                                                     Sc.#470, S.G. 409                                                                           

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The two-masted steamer in the artist's stamp design is representative of the many U-C vessels of the late 19th Century that fulfilled the contract between Great Britain and South Africa.

The superb and nostalgic cachet of a lavender-hulled Union-Castle liner loading cargo for England, with other ships of the Line at the dock, and famous Table Mountain in the background.

                                                Excellent FRESH and CLEAN condition

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