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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 84

Sudan The Dongola Expedition 1896 (24 Nov.) envelope, with partly printed heading, "From No 3252 Pte. W. Smith. Mounted Infantry, Abbassiyeh" to South Australia, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing 5m. carmine cancelled with Cairo c.d.s. with a further strike at left, the reverse with Colombo (date unreadable), Adelaide (22.12) and Terowie (23.12) d.s.; the envelope with creases, soiling, etc. though a rare cover from one of the few Australian Volunteers serving in this expedition. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: Spink, 2006

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