Correction of error by postal clerk
This cover has particular interest because the stamps have been cancelled twice, with REGISTERED / JOHANNESBURG cancellations dated 2 MAY 02 and 2 JUN 02, and the back of the cover has also been date-stamped with both dates. The Durban date-stamp on the back (4 JU / 1902) shows that the second date is almost certainly correct: what seems to have happened is that on the morning of Monday 2 June 1902, the clerk set the day (02) correctly, but failed to advance the month, and cancelled the cover; then, realising what he had done, changed the month from MAY to JUN and overstamped all the earlier cancellations. I've come across several covers with obvious date errors; this is the first I've seen where the clerk spotted the error and corrected it.
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