This cover is part of Southern Covers, a private collection of 47 First Day Covers from South Africa and the homeland states. New to all this? Read the guide, or just browse the whole collection.
Tourism Eastern Cape
South Africa, Addo · 1995-06-30
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Cachet: Elephamts.
Info card
Available but not removed.
Additional information
This cover was postmarked on 30 June 1995 at Addo and catalogued as SAPO 6.20. Its cachet featured elephants, a direct reference to the nearby Addo Elephant National Park. Addo was established in 1931 to protect just eleven surviving elephants in the region and by the 1990s had grown into one of South Africa's most successful conservation stories.
Theme: Other
Condition: AverageNoticeable wear or light damage, such as creases, minor soiling, small tears, or light discolouration, but still collectable.
Addressed: No
Signed: No
SG reference: 871
SAPO serial number: 6.20
Estimated value: ~US$0.1
This is a high-level, subjective estimate only, not a professional appraisal.
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