Lot 805
Tristan da Cunha 1950 registered cover bearing 1d 'Potato Stamp'

Stamps & Covers of The World Including Great Britain, 30th-31st July | S25013
Auction: 30 July 2025 at 11:00 BST
£102
Description
1950 registered cover addressed to Transvaal South Africa, bearing local 1d red ‘Potato Stamp’ showing Tristan type IX rectangular cachet in violet with further strike below, franked by South Africa 1949 1½d blue-green, tied by Capetown Kaapstad Paquebot cds for 8 II 50, and taxed 4d upon arrival and bearing Postage Due 2d in vertical pair (lower stamp defective) tied by cds for 10 FEB, minor peripheral faults and odd tones, still an attractive and scarce usage of the famous ‘Potato Stamp’ on cover.

