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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2003

(x) Anglo-Boer War
British Prisoners of War
1900 (5 Jan.) unstamped envelope from Waterval Prison to London, with printed "in dienst" headed "From 67056 Bombr Wheeler G.E. Perkins 66th Battery R.F.A., Prisoner of War Pretoria, Transvaal Z.A.R.", showing "watervaL kriygsgevangenis/commandant van de wacht" oval d.s. in violet, "Arms/commandant general" datestamp in purple (8.1.00) with two sets of initials and Pretoria c.d.s, minor age related faults though rare

provenance:
Ken Griffith

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£160