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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 9

Bechuanaland The Warren Expedition 1885 (1 Mar.) envelope "From Trooper Norbury 1st. Mtd Rifles" to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing Cape 1d. red (defective at top) cancelled "232" and with "barkly/g.w." c.d.s. alongside, the reverse with Cape Town (4.3) and Malvern (25.3) c.d.s. Scarce and attractive. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: Sir Charles Warren was ordered in 1885, to lead an expedition to the Republics of Stellaland and Goshen to force annexation upon them. Three Mounted Rifle Regiments were raised specially for this Bechuanaland Field Force. Weekly English mail was carried from the field by a military postal service to Expedition Headquarters at Barkly

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£750