10c Green (226). Used with 5c Chocolate (223), cancelled or tied by barred oval on small cover to Cape of Good Hope and forwarded to Singapore, "Salem Mass. Sep. 25 1891" circular datestamp, reverse with London, Marseille, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore backstamps, Fine, scarce 15c treaty rate use of the small Bank Note issue to South Africa -- the forwarding to Singapore is especially interesting, because non-UPU postal administrations were not obliged to forward mail free of charge (as UPU members were), and examples usually show some form of secondary postage

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