SOUTH AFRICA: Ratton House, Swansea, Wales; used 1912 WORCESTER (Cape), Transvaal 1d, interprovincia

Period..............................: early 20thC

Publisher..........................:Valentine's Series

Photographer / illustrator.:-

Condition.........................: good for period and place, some wear, see scans

Front................................: fair / good colour loss

Back.................................: good

Corners.............................: good, some rounding, colour loss

Edges................................: good, some small wear, colour loss

Used / Unused....................:Postally used

Franking / adhesive.............:Transvaal EVIIR 1d

Cancellation.......................:WORCESTER FE 20 12, c.d.s.

Other postal marks..............:-

Etiquettes / instructions.......: -

Blurb.................................:

A surprisingly scarce Welsh card featuring a vignetts of the Ratton House, Swansea, surrounded by an embossed oval frame and four embossed leeks.

Well set out and neatly written.

Correct postage pre-paid by Transvaal aadhesive for 1d cancelled by fair strike of the WORCESTER (CAPE PROVINCE) c.d.s.

Nice card and a nice example of the popular collecting interest of "interprovincial" use during the early years of the Union (1910),  prior to the introduction of the Union definitives in 1913.