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Auction: 16030 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1626

(x) Zululand
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
Civilian Mail
1879 (20 June) envelope (minor overall soiling) from Dr. W.R. Cheyne, a civilian surgeon, to London, marked "Field Force Letter" and marked by Cheyne as from "Fort Pearson, L Tugela", bearing Natal 1876 6d. violet cancelled "2" and with Durban c.d.s. (23.6) alongside, two London datestamps (22.7) on reverse. Photo

Note: Fort Pearson was erected on a knoll overlooking the lower drift on the Tugela River and was used as a springboard for the No. 1 Column during the 1st. Invasion, led by Col. C.K. Pearson of the 3rd. Foot

provenance:
"Tugela", March 1994
Wilson Wong, September 1996

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