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Military mails at the Cape of Good Hope, 1795-1870

Ken Baker

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Military mails at the Cape of Good Hope, 1795-1870

by Ken Baker

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Published 1985 by Reijger Publishers in Cape Town .
Written in English

Places:

South Africa,
Cape of Good Hope

Subjects:

Great Britain. Army -- Postal service -- History -- 18th century.,
Great Britain. Army -- Postal service -- History -- 19th century.,
Postal service -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 18th century.,
Postal service -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 19th century.

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 42-43.

Classifications
Statement	Ken Baker.
Series	Mosquito monograph ;, 1st
LC Classifications	UH85.G7 B35 1985
The Physical Object
Pagination	43 p. :
Number of Pages	43
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL2762751M
ISBN 10	0620086750
LC Control Number	86119294
OCLC/WorldCa	14523301

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