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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 546

(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 (12 May) 1d. letter card (minor soiling) from L.M. Beers of "A" Squadron at Fischer's Farm near Bloemfontein and posted at Kroonstad to Toronto, cancelled by F.P.O. c.d.s. and showing fine strike of the oval-framed "canadian contingent/south africa." datestamp (15.5) in red alongside; interesting contents including "we are close to the enemy now. Indeed our "B" Squad. had a brush with them two days ago"

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