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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1020

(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 (27 Apr.) envelope from Lt.-Col. Charles O. Hore, Commander of the Protectorate Regiment, to his wife at Leamington, bearing seriffed overprint Cape 3d. on 1d. pair [2-3] and Bechuanaland Protectorate 6d. on 2d. [1], making up the one-shilling northern route rate, both tied by Mafeking c.d.s., showing Buxton transit d.s. with, on reverse, Bulawayo (6.5) and arrival (24.6) datestamps. Carried from cape Town to Southampton by the "Dunvegan Castle". A neat and attractive franking. Photo

provenance:
C. Emerson Huston, June 1961

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

Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£800