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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 605

(x) Basutoland
The Cape Post Office Period
The Boer War
Civilian Mail
1902 (14 Jan.) ½d. brown card, uprated with 1d. red, from Leribe to Paris, the stationery impression cancelled with D4 datestamp and the additional stamp cancelled in pencil, part arrival datestamp alongside, the card message headed "Leribe Camp" and possibly written by a one of the French fighting on the Boer side

Note: It is believed that both the Boers and British used Basutoland as a base during the Boer War. The Boers also used Basutoland as a springboard into the Orange River Colony

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Estimate
£100 to £120