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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 562

(x) Basutoland
The Basutoland Rebellion (The Gun War)
1880 (Sept.) envelope ex the Pillans correspondence to Rosebank, marked "On Active Service" and marked "Eustace D.E.O.V.R." (Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles) and showing Queenstown (30.9), Cape Town (7.10) and Rosebank (7.10) datestamps, all on face; a fine and clean cover from this famous campaign. Photo

Note: The Basuto refused to give up their arms according to the Disarmament Ordinance of 1878 issued by the Cape Government. Fighting broke out between the Cape troops and the Basuto early on 13 September 1880 at Mafeteng. There was a decisive engagement at Qalabani in October 1880 in which Moirosi ambushed a column of Cape soldiers, killing or wounding 39 troops

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£800