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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 415

(x) Canada
Canadian Contingents in the Boer War, 1899-1902

The John Wannerton Collection, Part 1
The Second Contingent, 1st. and 2nd. Battalions, Canadian Mounted Rifles, The Royal Canadian Field Artillery and others

Royal Canadian Dragoons
1900 (27 Nov.) envelope from London, Ontario to Trooper Martin James in South Africa, bearing 2c. with c.d.s. and showing boxed "Returned to England without a reason for non-delivery." bi-lingual handstamp in violet, and 1901 (Feb.) "returned dead letter" envelope (crease) from the Post Office Department at Ottawa to Miss Annie James care of Trooper Martin James at London, showing despatch c.d.s. and large "2" printed postage handstamp. An unusual pair

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Estimate
£150 to £200