Stamps and Covers of the World - Day 1

AFRICA DEL SUR. 1901. Registered cover addressed from JOHANNESBURG to the British Cosulate in MESEHD (Persia) franked by 1900 VRI 2 1/2d. dull blue & green (2) and ERI 1d. carmine & green with ERI Half Penny on 2d. brown & green all tied in black. Reverse with Durban cds. (Nov. 15), Tabriz cds. (23/12) and Meched arrival cds. Re-addressed to LONDON with Teheran and Ispahan cds. (30/1), Russian BAKU cds. (29/1, j) and eventual London arrivals (Feb. 19, 1902). A fine and most unusual cover.