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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1007A

(x) Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
The Steven Walske Collection of the Boer War Sieges
Siege of Mafeking: 13 October 1899 to 17 May 1900 - Pre-Stamp Mail
1900 (19 Feb.) small unstamped envelope from Major Panzera, commander of the artillery, from besieged Mafeking to his wife in Essex, marked "No Stamps Active Service", no postal markings, with contents including "…a runner is going out tonight & I am going to try for this to go through – we are all well and extremely jolly…" Photo

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