** CAPE OF GOOD HOPE POSTAL STATIONERY CARD (RE TRISTAN VOYA...

Hammer

£160

** CAPE OF GOOD HOPE POSTAL STATIONERY CARD (RE TRISTAN VOYAGE): 1906 (6 Feb) Cape of Good Hope ½d Green KEVII p. stat. card cancelled by Observatory Road cds, addressed to Rev Barrow at Cape Town. Rev and Mrs M Barrow were representatives of the 'United Society for Propagation of the Gospel' to Tristan, and arrived on the island on the 'Surrey' on 8 April 1906, and the postcard, from an agent, deals with their embarkation. Vertical crease through centre, but otherwise a fine and rare early Tristan-related item Cross Reference: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE