Cape Triangular, noun phrase
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- EnglishShow more Cape + English triangular having the form of a triangle.
historical
Any of several rare triangular stamps issued at the Cape from 1853 to 1900. Also attributive.
1949 L.G. Green In Land of Afternoon 82A complete copy of Ritter’s almanac..would be worth as much as any Cape Triangular.
1990 Weekend Post 5 May (Leisure) 7Charles Bell, Surveyor-General of the Cape of Good Hope, drew her (sc. ‘Hope’) seated (semi-reclining) on the old Cape Triangular.
Any of several rare triangular stamps issued at the Cape from 1853 to 1900. Also attributive.
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