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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1047

(x) Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
The Steven Walske Collection of the Boer War Sieges
Siege of Douglas: late November 1901 to 20 January 1902
1901 (29 Dec.) unstamped soldier's envelope to Cape Town, headed "Besieged no stamps available H.H.S." and showing Douglas c.d.s., countersigned “McGryer Capt. D.E.O.V.R” (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles) at lower left, though taxed "T2d" and with handstruck "2d" for the 1d soldier’s concessionary rate and a 1d runner’s fee. The only recorded military cover to leave during the siege. Photo

provenance:
Harry Birkhead, March 2014

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Sold for
£550

Starting price
£550