Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 344

(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
The Units
1900 (27 Feb.) envelope ex the Osborn correspondence from Paardeberg to Belgium, bearing 1d. lilac cancelled by F.P.O. c.d.s. Cape Town and routed through Kimberley with squared-circle datestamp (25.2) at left, upon arrival in London bearing KEVII 1½d. neatly cancelled by c.d.s. to pay onward transmission to Belgium and with local delivery number at foot, the reverse (no flap) with large part arrival c.d.s. (17.3); unusual in that most of the covers to Belgium are franked with arrival Postage Due stamps. Photo

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£260