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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1044

(x) Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
The Steven Walske Collection of the Boer War Sieges
Siege of Wepener: 9-25 April 1900
1900 (5 Apr. - 4 June) envelopes (4, all with original letters) ex the Tudor correspondence to Mount Frere, Griqualand East; comprising pre-siege (with letter headlined "Wepener, C.M.R. Camp, Colonial Division" and dated "5th April 1900") marked "On Active Service No Stamps Procurable", bearing Cape 1d. (2) cancelled by "153" barred numeral with "mafeteng" c.d.s. (12.4) alongside; post siege (letter headlined "Jammerberg Drift, Wepener" and dated "April 27th") showing "mafeteng" c.d.s.; post siege (letter headlined C.M.R. Camp, Colonial Division, Ladysmith" and dated "April 28th" showing "mafeteng" c.d.s. (7.5); and post siege (letters headlined "C.M.R. Camp, Colonial Division, via Bloemfontein" and dated "4th June" and "6 June" and showing "leribe/c.g.h." c.d.s. (7.6). A fascinating lot with most interesting contents

provenance:
Ken Griffith, December 2006

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

Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£500