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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1017

(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 (6 Apr.) envelope to Scotland, bearing seriffed overprint Cape 3d. on 1d. strip of three [3-5] and a single [6], all tied by Mafeking c.d.s. and showing violet crayon "1/-" and initials applied by John Nevett, Base Train clerk at Lobatsi, with , on reverse, Crocodile Pools (20.4), Bulawayo (23.4) and arrival (26.5) datestamps, after being carried by the "Carisbrook Castle" from Cape Town to Southampton; the adhesives with some small perf faults due to being affixed just over edge and the envelope with some light creases. Brandon Certificate (1977). Photo

Note: On arrival in Bulawayo, the batches of letters received from Mafeking, usually in groups of thirty, were examined on the Military Post Office "Base Train", the postage verified, the batch number noted, and then initialled by the checking clerk.

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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£550