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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 16

Bechuanaland
The Warren Expedition
1885 envelope ex the "Methuen" correspondence to his wife at Poole's Hotel in Cape Town, marked "no stamps procurable", showing "barkly/g.w" c.d.s. (22.6), manuscript "2d" with, on reverse, Kimberley(22.6) and part arrival (24.6) datestamps; envelope with crease at right and part of flap missing. Photo

Note: Field Marshall Baron Methuen (1845-1932) served in a number of campaigns including the Ashanti (1873-74), Egypt (1882), Warren Expedition to Bechuanaland ((1884-85), Tirah (1897) and the Boer War, when he commanded the 1st Division. He later served as Governor of Malta from 1915-19.

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£200

Starting price
£120