Comments for Cape of Good Hope Stamps and Postal History http://capestamps.com Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 Comment on Rectangulars One Penny Table Mountain by Kevin David Sneddon-Kay http://capestamps.com/rectangulars-one-penny-table-mountain/#comment-984 Fri, 20 May 2022 08:48:56 +0000 http://capestamps.com/?p=94#comment-984 Good morning I am the lucky owner of what I call table top mountain red penny. Twill send a photo it is still attached to the paper and has a post mark, though its hard to read the details. I purchased a bag of random stamps from a charity shop. my research on this stamp has led me to you, and what a story.

yours sincerely Kevin

]]> Comment on Circular Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope by Hendrik Geyer http://capestamps.com/circular-postmarks-of-the-cape-of-good-hope/#comment-768 Tue, 04 May 2021 09:21:42 +0000 http://capestamps.com/?p=260#comment-768 The “Apunda” cover you show is actually from “Arundel”.

I can send you a clearer example mailed to the same address.

Hendrik Geyer

]]> Comment on BriefStock Letters by Ed Fletcher http://capestamps.com/briefstock-letters/#comment-265 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:31:23 +0000 http://capestamps.com/?p=304#comment-265 I wonder if triangular stamps were introduced (at least in part) to aide the non-English speaking Hottentots to recognize different items of mail? Also, can anyone positively confirm that COGH was the world’s first to issue triangular stamps?

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