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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1960

St. Helena The Boer War Mail to Col. Adolf Schiel, the Prussian Commandant of the German Free Corps 1901 (29 Mar.) picture postcard (arrival of Gloucestershire Regiment) registered to Hamburg, bearing 1884-94 1/2d. (2) and 1890-97 1/2d. (2) and 1d. cancelled with Oblong of broken bars (CNC.1a) and showing "registered/st. helena" oval-framed h.s., "R" in circle h.s., despatch c.d.s., Type 1 cachet in violet initialled "EW", partially legible "dead*wood*camp" Type 8 cachet, Registered London hooded d.s. (30.4) and arrival c.d.s. (1.5); registered postcards are unusual. Photo Estimate £ 120-150

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