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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1038

(x) Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
The Steven Walske Collection of the Boer War Sieges
Siege of Ladysmith: 2 November 1899 to 28 February 1900
1899 (7 Dec.) envelope to Pietermaritzburg, headed "on active service no stamps", showing "field post office/british army s. africa" double-ring d.s. and, on reverse, "g.p.o./natal" datestamp (8.12); some light foxing. Rare. Photo

provenance:
Ken Griffith, November 2005

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

Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800