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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1026

(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
Town Letters
1900 (5 May) envelope addressed to "Pte Cook, Bech Rifles, Town Hall" (the Bechuanaland Rifles was a volunteer force raised from the townspeople), bearing Goodyear 1d. pale blue on blue (2) and Baden-Powell 3d. deep blue on blue (18½mm. wide), all clearly tied by Mafeking c.d.s.Very rare, one of three known covers bearing both photogravure values, all of which are overpayments of the local rate, with these mixed frankings being among the rarest and most sought-after covers from the Mafeking siege. Photo

provenance:
C. Emerson Huston, June 1961
Sir Maxwell Joseph, October 1962

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

Estimate
£7,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£5500