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Auction: 20040 - Stamps and Covers of Southern Africa
Lot: 7

Basutoland
Covers and Cancellations
The Basutoland Rebellion, Gun War, 1880-81
1880 (Apr.-Dec.) group of seven autograph letters from Major C.H. Bell at Thlotse Heights to Col. Griffiths containing numerous details of the progress of the dispute, the first letter includes "...I think the guns will be surrendered in this district without anything worse than ill feeling and disgust on the part of their owners - Molapo has promised to send in his gun before the expiration of the limit" and later "I hope this meeting at Thaba Bossigo may turn out well but we are afraid the gathering of so many people together in arms having different views may result in a state of things from which there can be no compromise"... "it appears that Masupha is determined not to give in - at the same time he called himself 'a man of the Government'...If this district can be kept quiet it will be a great thing gained for it contains a fourth of the whole population of Basutoland..." A fine group with a lot of interesting detail

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£320