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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 545

(x) Canada
Canadian Contingents in the Boer War, 1899-1902
The John Wannerton Collection, Part 2
The Second Contingent, 1st. and 2nd. Battalions, Canadian Mounted Rifles, The Royal Canadian Field Artillery and others
1st. Canadian Mounted Rifles, later renamed the Royal Canadian Dragoons
1900 (23 Mar.) "Soldiers of the Queen" envelope from Cpl. S. Latremouille of "A" Squadron at Cape Town to Hamilton, showing F.P.O. c.d.s. and oval-framed "canadian contingent/south africa." datestamp in red, both on the same day, and 1900 (25 Apr.) envelope from G.A. Bellamy at Bloemfontein to Manitoba, showing F.P.O. and oval-framed "canadian contingent/south africa." datestamp in red (25.4); a few faults though an interesting pair

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