Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1005

(x) Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
The Steven Walske Collection of the Boer War Sieges
Siege of Mafeking: 13 October 1899 to 17 May 1900
1899 (Dec.) envelope from Colonel Vyvyan the Base Commander to his wife in London, bearing Cape 1d. tied by clear "crocodile pools/south africa" double-ring d.s. with another fine strike alongside, showing red London Paid c.d.s. (24.2.00) and large "T" h.s. deleted by two strikes of "A01" obliterator with, on reverse, Bulawayo transit c.d.s. (Jan. 00); the envelope with flap missing and some minor peripheral creases. Rare. Photo

Note: This cover was carried from Bulawayo via Beira, where it caught the "Formosa" to Cape Town, then by Union Castle Line's "Moor" to Southampton.

provenance:
Ken Griffith, October 2001

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

Sold for
£1,000

Starting price
£800