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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1014

(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
The Northern Route via Bulawayo
1900 (29 Mar.) envelope to Durban, marked "Via Beira", bearing seriffed overprint Cape 1d. on ½d. strip of three [1-3], 1d. on 3d. [2] and British Bechuanaland 6d. on 3d. [6], all tied by Mafeking c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, Bulawayo (9.4), Salisbury (13.4) and arrival (2.5) datestamps; the envelope with central vertical fold. Rare and most attractive. Photo

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£800