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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 527

(x) Canada
Canadian Contingents in the Boer War, 1899-1902
The John Wannerton Collection, Part 2
The First Contingent, 2nd. (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment
The Units
1900 (5 May) 1d. letter card from P.G.A. Webster of "C" Company at Bloemfontein to Toronto, cancelled by F.P.O. c.d.s. and showing superb oval-framed "canadian contingent/south africa." datestamp (5.5) in red, and (8 Sept.) unstamped envelope from Bugler A.J. Cawden of "D" Company at Norvals Pont to Ottawa, showing despatch c.d.s., F.P.O. c.d.s. (11.9) and oval-framed "canadian contingent/south africa." datestamp (12.9) in violet., just touched by opening tear

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