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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 353

(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 (18 Apr.) O.F.S. 1½d. on 2d. card from J.A. McLennan of "C" Company at Bloemfontein to Williamstown, Ontario, showing light F.P.O. c.d.s. fine oval-framed "canadian contingent/south africa" datestamp in red and arrival squared-circle datestamp (21.5), contents include "There is about 6000 troops around here and we expect to move north in a few days. A good many of our regiment are sick but not dangerous...". Photo

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