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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 331

(x) Canada
Canadian Contingents in the Boer War, 1899-1902
The John Wannerton Collection, Part 1
The First Contingent, 2nd. (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment
Forming and En Route
1899 (31 Oct.) envelope to Lieut. Eldon McLean on the S.S. Sardinian at Rimouski, bearing 2c. with "que & campbelltown/express" c.d.s.; envelope faults though believed to be the sole cover recorded to or from the contingent during the short stop the ship made. Photo

Note. The S.S. "Sardinian" was only in port from 06.50 until 09.20 on the one day

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Sold for
£480