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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 564

(x) Basutoland
The Basutoland Rebellion (The Gun War)
1881 (5 Feb.) envelope from Queenstown to Capt. George Green of the "Kat River Levies" in Mafeteng, sent unstamped with fine despatch datestamp, appearing as if the force had moved on, there is a transit datestamp of King Williams Town (19.3) on reverse, before it was marked "Maseru" and sent back to Basutoland via Aliwal North where a "3" on 3d. adhesive was affixed and cancelled with small part datestamp with a further clear strike below, again Capt. Green was not traceable as the cover was then sent back to Queenstown with a transit datestamp of 14 April before eventually receiving a Balfour datestamp of 20 April; some faults with part flap missing though one of only four recorded incoming covers to soldiers during this campaign. Photo

Note: The Kat River Levies (a regiment from British Kaffraria) became the Corps of Rifles in 1827 and subsequently became the Cape Mounted Rifles. Edmund Carrington was the Commanding Officer in Mafeteng in 1880 when the town was besieged during the Gun War. It was relieved in November 1880

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Estimate
£600 to £700