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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 88

(x) British Forces Mail
A selection of covers (24) with several unstamped, two from members of Brabant's Horse, one from Natal Field Force, one with unusual "to pay" handstamp, various F.P.O. c.d.s. for numbers including 3, 4, 9, 31, 48, 50 and 100 (from a member of the New Zealand forces), 1902 envelope registered from Pretoria to Durban with hooded registered datestamp, a copy of the last Dutch paper published in Pietersburg and the first and only English edition published the day after the British Occupation, the latter used from F.P.O. 34 to Pretoria; mixed condition with viewing recommended

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£320