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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1040

(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
1900 (12 Feb.) envelope to Pietermaritzburg, headed "Stamps Unobtainable, Ladysmith Siege, RW Reid", showing "field post office b.o./british army s. africa" double-ring d.s., "official paid/g.p.o.natal" circular h.s. in red with arrival datestamp (13.2) on reverse. Rare. Photo

provenance:
Ken Griffith, March 2003

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