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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 876

Cape of Good Hope - Mafeking Ephemera 1901 (22 may) envelope, complete with contents, from Major-General R.S.S. Baden-Powell at Johannesburg to A.M. Methuen, Haslemere and redirected to Bayswater, the letter, written on Rand Club printed paper, regarding Methuen´s nephew applying for a commission which Baden-Powell says is unlikely as "there are over 6000 candidates on our books for commissions"; also a print portrait of Baden-Powell, 1897 envelope from Mafeking to Transkei, 1899 (7 Nov.) and (9 Nov.) copies of "The Mafeking Mail"; an interesting group Estimate £ 150-200

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