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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1035

(x) Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
The Steven Walske Collection of the Boer War Sieges
Siege of Kimberley: 14 October 1899 to 15 February 1900
1900 (13 Feb.) envelope to Pau, France posted two days before the siege was lifted, marked "No Stamps Available", showing "kimberley/c.g.h." despatch c.d.s., rated unpaid in Cape Town with "T" marking at left, re-rated paid in London with corresponding red c.d.s. and application of GB 2½d., cancelled by London c.d.s. (17.3), tax mark deleted with oval "FB/D" marking and with arrival c.d.s. (18.3) on reverse; most unusual. Photo

provenance:
Harry Birkhead, March 2014

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

Sold for
£950

Starting price
£550