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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1446

St. Helena 1900-02 envelopes (3) to the Transvaal franked at 1d. (3) or 2 1/2d. and with Type 1 cachets in violet initialled "FWA" or "PR", and in red initialled "VA" (showing sender´s address as "Willow Cottage Deadwood Camp"), two with arrival censor marks and/or tape; 1901 (28 Sept.) envelope (a little soiled) from Sandflats, Cape Colony to Broad Bottom Camp bearing 1d., and with Type 2 censor mark without initials as usual on incoming mail. Also 1901 (24 Nov.) envelope, complete with letter from J.J. Edwards and his friend "Jack" at Deadwood Camp to Johannesburg, marked "Letters to friends not allowed" and with the postage stamp removed. A most unusual pair Estimate £ 120-150

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