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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1031

(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 (13 Apr.) envelope addressed to "Trooper CW Puddy, Colonel Baden Powells Frontier Force, A Squadron, 2 Troop, Mafeking", marked "Fort Hidden Hollow, Western Outposts", bearing Baden-Powell 3d. deep blue on blue (21mm. wide) tied by Mafeking c.d.s.; the envelope with light overall discolouration and pressed central vertical crease. Very rare. Photo

provenance:
Ken Griffith, October 2001

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

Sold for
£2,400

Starting price
£2400