SOUTH AFRICA 1951 SGO42, O45, O46a, O47 Official digital-edition printed in orange on white

printed in orange on white paper with control number "24656" at left

most examples of this Crowned Circle are addressed to New York

- P223015283

- P212021502

SG type O5 opt (OFFICIAL up at left

SOUTH AFRICA 1951 SGO42, O45, O46a, O47 Official digital-edition printed in orange on whiteOfficial. 1951 (18 Dec) OHMS airmail cover from Pretoria to Washington D. C., franked at 1s9d rate by 1950 54 "Stereo" 1d, 2d, 6d and 1s singles, tied by slogan cancel, with violet "Telegraph and Telephone" departmental cachet on face. A fine and colourful franking, ex Matheson. [The absence of a 3d value meant that this rate could not be paid with fewer than four stamps] P212009932