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1900(Mar 23) envelope bearing Transvaal 2 x 1d & single ½d tied Ventersdorp cds to Cape Town via Lourenco Marques (24 May) with Boer resealing label (Type 3) tied Johannesberg (28 Mar) Then an unexplained delay of 57 days from Jo’berg – LM & with on reverse Johannesberg (28 Mar), Lourenco Marques (24 May), Durban/ Natal (28 May) transit cds before opened by British with label (Type 2A) tied by GPO Capetown (13 Jun) arrival cds making total transit of 79 days