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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 211

Rhodesia
Pioneer Column
1890 (26 July) letter sheet ex the Puzey correspondence to East London, bearing British Bechuanaland 1888 2d. tied by "mafeking/bechuanaland" c.d.s. (20.8) with another strike alongside and showing arrival datestamp (26.8) on reverse. Photo

Note: The Pioneer Column, which was to occupy Mashonaland for the British South Africa Co., left Macloutsie on 27 June and crossed the Lundi River on 3 August, cutting a road as it went.

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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£2500