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Auction: 9011 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 147

x Cape of Good Hope - Boer War 1900 envelope (283x122mm.) ex the Leask correspondence to Wolmaransstad, bearing Transvaal Vurtheim 1/2d. (37) ostensibly all with manuscript "Genl de La Reys Lager 4 Februari 1900" and/or with manuscript crosses, the adhesives previously affixed on pieces and then, apparently contemporarily, affixed to this envelope, manuscript notation on reverse to the effect that General de la Reys forces were at this time at Fourteen Streams; small faults though an unusual item of the Boer Forces Estimate £ 100-120

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