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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1029

(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
Mail to Outposts and Forts
1900 (12 Apr.) "On Her Majesty's Service" front addressed to "Major Godley, Western Outposts", bearing Baden-Powell 3d. blue on blue (18½mm. wide) tied by Mafeking c.d.s. Contemporary note on the reverse reading “Addressed by Capt Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck,” who was a squadron commander in the Protectorate Regiment. Photo

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£280