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Auction: 16030 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1624

(x) Zululand
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
Naval Mail
1879 (24 Apr.) envelope (fractionally truncated at left) from Bristol "via Plymouth & Madeira" to Commander Brackenbury, H.M.S. "Shah" at Cape Town, bearing 6d. grey cancelled by "134" duplex and with two Cape Town arrival c.d.s. (19.5) alongside, Cape Packet Plymouth c.d.s. (25.4) on reverse. Photo

Note: At this time the "Shah" provided Naval Brigade contingents and detachments of Royal Marines for the 1st. and 2nd. Brigades of the Eshowe Relief Column. Commander Brackenbury was in charge of these troops at the battle of Gingindlovu on 2 April 1879

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Estimate
£300 to £400