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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1792

Rhodesia
The Pioneer Column Mail
Puzey Correspondence
Andrew Puzey
1891 undated entire lettersheet to his mother in East London, believed to have been written somewhere north of Fort Victoria at the beginning of August and carried south, bearing Bechuanaland 1887 4d. cancelled with Macloutsi datestamp (30.8), the reverse with further Macloutsi datestamp, Vryburg (7.9), Grahams Town (9.9) and East London (11.9) datestamps. The contents, written in pencil as usual, include "Just a note to let you know that I have started away from the wagon on foot with another man called William who is walking from Tuli. I am carrying my blankets & some grub and I hope to get to Manica in about 10 days time". AnP. 4 in the Drysdall & Collis handbook

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