1d brick red on white postal stationery reply card (H&G 12, reply half only) datelined 'Empandeni, Oct 31 II 1903' on reverse used with fine PLUMTREE cds dated 3 NOV 1903. Addressed to MARIANNHILL, NATAL with barred numeral P.O.A. 51 arrival mark on front and DURBAN and PINETOWN transit cds's on reverse. Empandeni was one of the earliest Catholic missions in Matabeleland (Southern Rhodesia) established in 1887.