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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2002

(x) Anglo-Boer War
British Prisoners of War
1899 (18 Nov.) unstamped envelope from Major S. Humphrey, 1st Gloucester Regt. at Staats Model School, Pretoria to London and redirected to Newark, showing despatch datestamp, superb "Arms/commandant general" c.d.s. in black signed by L. de Souza, "T" in circle, "5d" in circle (deleted) and, on reverse, arrival c.d.s.; the envelope with flap missing and slightly soiled. Photo

provenance:
Bill Hart

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£180