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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 348

(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 (16 Mar.) unstamped envelope from C. Creighton of "G" Company at Kimberley to New Brunswick, marked "No stamps obtainable. Active Service" with Kimberley squared-circle datestamp, superb oval-framed "canadian contingent/south africa" datestamp (16.3) in red and London Paid c.d.s. (5.4), Sussex arrival c.d.s. (16.4) on reverse. Photo

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£90