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Auction: 22016 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 39

(x) Cape of Good Hope
Military Mail
Eighth Xhosa War, 1851-52
1852 (12 Oct.) entire letter from Lieut. Atty of the Queen's Own Regiment at beseiged Fort Cox to England, marked "Paid", rated "8" in red and "1/-", showing double-lined oval "general post office/Crown/cape town" with London (14.12) and arrival datestamps on reverse. Photo

Note: On 24 December 1850 the Xhosa ambushed Colonel MacKinnon in Boompah Pass. By that time, British action was causing significant and constant harm to Xhosa communities. The war lasted two years. In February 1853, Sandile and the other Xhosa chiefs surrendered.

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£380

Starting price
£240