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Auction: 22025 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 510

Transvaal
1880 (31 May) double rate envelope ex the Nairne correspondence from Lydenburg to Middlesex, marked 2Via Kimberley & Cape", bearing 1878 tied by "13" in concentric circles, showing despatch and Cape Town (15.6) datestamps. Photo

Note: The sender of the envelope was Capt. S.H. McLeod Nairn of the 94th Regiment. He fought at Ulundi and against Sekukuni, but was an early casualty of the First Anglo-Boer War and died of his wounds at Bronkhorstspruit on 20 December 1880.

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