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Cobb’s Stage Coach – Editors Pic

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Cobb’s Stage Coach

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Cobb’s Stage Coach stops to change horses and pick up passengers on its long journey from Port Elizabeth to Kimberley.

It was considered to have been a quick journey from Bloemfontein to Port Elizabeth when Cobb’s Coach completed the journey in 9 days.

A single journey fare was 4 Pounds 10 Shillings and return was 8 Pounds 10 Shillings. Each passenger was allowed 10 pounds of luggage. Letters were charged at 6d and newspapers at a a penny each.

This image is randomly selected from an ever growing repository of publicly available images taken in and around Port Elizabeth.

Many more Port Elizabeth images here.

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