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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1022

(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 (5 May) double rate envelope to Victoria, Australia bearing sans-serif Bechuanaland Protectorate 3d. on 1d. pair, 2d. on 6d. and 1s. on 6d., all tied by Mafeking c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, part Bulawayo and Castlemaine arrival datestamps; the envelope with some peripheral faults and large part of flap missing. A rare three colour franking, this being the largest number of different sans-serif overprinted stamps known on cover and one of three letters known addressed to Australia. Photo

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Estimate
£3,500 to £5,000

Starting price
£2800