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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 91

(x) Colonial Contingents
Australia
New South Wales Contingents
1900 (13 Aug.) unstamped envelope (opened-out, faults) from J. Ward of the Army Medical Corps to Sydney, marked "Stamps Unavailable" with F.P.O. 32 c.d.s., upon arrival taxed with "1d" handstamp and bearing 1d. Postage Due with manuscript cancellation, and 1901 (4 Nov.) unstamped envelope from "No. 3360 C Donohoe" (N.S.W. Imperial Bushmen) to Penrith, marked "On Active Service" alongside octagonal-framed "army post office.wakkerstroom/natal field force" datestamp and "more to pay/1d" handstamp, three N.S.W. datestamps on reverse

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