** PAIR OF TYPE V & TYPE VI CACHET "CORONATION" COVERS: 1937...

Estimate

£55 - £80

** PAIR OF TYPE V & TYPE VI CACHET "CORONATION" COVERS: 1937 (12 May) Coronation Day cover to Cape Town with superb Type VI cachet in black, and with 'CERTIFIED POSTED ON THE/ISLAND ON CORONATION DAY/12th MAY 1937,/_____________ HEADMAN' h.s. and signed by William Repetto, '1D' charge mark h.s. & with South African 1d p.due cancelled by Cape Town cds plus 1937 (May) printed Coronation cover (unsealed) to England with two superb strikes of the Type V cachet in dark violet. Both carried on SS 'Anatolia' which visited Tristan on 7 December 1937. Fine covers. (2) Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS