Lot no. 1806

“18” barred oval numeral obliterator with “FICKSBURG 16 JUL (19)00” alongside, together with manuscript “Censored (  )” applied locally to an envelope to Grahamstown in Cape Colony, reverse arrival cds., cover folded vertically twice, still fine. A rare usage of the early manuscript censor forerunner of Ficksburg before the introduction of the official handstamp