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Auction: 17022 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Ronnie Winchester Collection and fine sections of Belgium, Cape of Good Hope Rectangular Issues and Griqualand West
Lot: 1108

The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
New Zealand Contingents
1900 (Sept.) Grand Hotel, Pretoria illustrated envelope from Major Montagu Craddock sent unstamped from Army P.O. 5 to Auckland and redirected to Karangahaki, marked "No Stamps available" and signed by Craddock, showing Auckland datestamp and 1d. To Pay Double Deficient handstamp, and 1902 (Jan.) 8th. Contingent specially printed envelope for use by the South Island regiment based at Addington Camp at Christchurch, addressed to Raika Gorge and with the Camp cachet in violet and Christchurch datestamp, small faults though scarce, being a second period use for only 3 weeks in April

provenance:
Dr. J.D. Riddell

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Sold for
£160