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Auction: 23117 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction
Lot: 3248

Bechuanaland
1892 (26 July) envelope ex the Sitwell correspondence from Macloutsi to England, bearing 1d. and 2d. pairs sharing two fine datestamps with a further strike alongside and with Vryburg, Deal and Newcastle on Tyne (23.8) datestamps on reverse; interesting six page letter reporting unrest in the lead up to the First Matabele War. Photo

Note: Capt. Sitwell was seconded as Capt. and Adjutant to the Bechuanaland Border Police at Macloutsi, under the command of Col. Sir Frederick Carrington on 20 March 1891

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