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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1791

Rhodesia
The Pioneer Column Mail
Puzey Correspondence
Andrew Puzey
1891 undated entire lettersheet to his mother in East London, from the contents he is apparently camped 15 miles south of Gaberones, bearing Bechuanaland 1887 1d. (2) both cancelled with barred oval "638" at Mafeking when the letter entered the mails, and most unusually with manuscript "2d. to pay", the reverse showing Mafeking (2.6), Kimberley (6.6) and East London (9.6) datestamps. The contents, written in pencil as usual, include "I find there is postal service all over the place here....." and with notes on the wildlife. A rare letter from Andrew that is not listed in the Drysdall and Collis handbook. Photo

Note: Andrew Anderson Puzey was born in England in 1868. He was prospecting in the Transvaal at the time that the Pioneers were recruiting and in 1891 travelled to Manicualand to join his brother Arthur. He served in the Umtali Burghers and was involved in the dynamiting of the cave in which Makoni had taken refuge. He died on 13 March 1915

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