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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1796

Rhodesia
The Pioneer Column Mail
Puzey Correspondence
Arthur Puzey
1895 (11 Dec.) envelope to his mother in East London, 1892-94 2d. pair sharing indistinct numeral obliterator, probably 957 in view of a "proving" cover in the John Michael collection, and with fine "sebanga poort/matabeleland" datestamp (11.12)) alongside, the reverse with Gwelo (11.12) and East London (24.12) datestamps; the contents include "I have been moving about so much that I don't know where I are. I have just got back to my old hut and find I have no paper". ArP. 26 in the Drysdall & Collis handbook. Photo

provenance:
Gerald Simpson, December 1982
John Strong

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Sold for
£2,500