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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 243

(x) Mafeking
The town was surrounded by the Transvaal Army on 12 October 1899. The siege last seven months and the town was relieved on 17 May 1900 after 217 days
Banknotes
£1 deep blue on "bassendean/vellum/ loft dried" paper with manuscript "544" serial number; quartered folds which split the paper in a couple of places and which have been reinforced. Photo

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