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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2635

x CANADA Campaign, Expedition and Military Mail 1885 (14 May) soldier´s envelope from Winnipeg to Collingwood, Ont., signed by the Commanding Officer, Major A. Mackeand of the 30th. Battalion "Foot" and bearing 2c. blue-green neatly cancelled with thin bars duplex, arrival c.d.s. (18.5) on reverse. A rare 2c. soldier´s rate cover from the North-West Field Force. Photo Estimate £ 1,400-1,800 Note: Mail from the North-West Field Force was carried to Swift Current by courier and then by Canadian Pacific Railway to Winnipeg, where the stamp was added. Onward transmission was by railway

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