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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 606

(x) Basutoland
The Cape Post Office Period
The Boer War
Military Mail
1900 (3 May) envelope from Mafeteng to Capt. Gale of "No. 5 Company R.P.R" Railway Pioneer Regiment at Norwals Point, bearing 1d. red cancelled by barred oval "156" and D4 datestamp, Aliwal North and arrival datestamps on reverse

Note: The Railway Pioneer Regiment was employed chiefly on the Cape-Pretoria railway, also on the Krugersdorp line, did service on armoured trains and sometimes acted as a fighting force. Capt. Gale was killed a month later on 7 June at Roodewal

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Estimate
£100 to £120