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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 422

(x) Canada
Canadian Contingents in the Boer War, 1899-1902
The John Wannerton Collection, Part 1
The Fourth Contingent
1902 (10 June) unstamped envelope from C.J. Donnelly of "D" Squadron of 4th. Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles to Woodstock, New Brunswick, marked "On Active Service No Stamps" and showing part Cape Town F.P.O. c.d.s. and London Paid c.d.s. (27.6); a very rare cover from a member of the 4th. Contingent. Photo

Note: "C" and "D" Squadrons of 4th, Regiment sailed from Halifax on S.S. "Winifredian" on 17 May, arriving at Cape Town on 8 June and reached Durban on 11 June. The unit left Durban on 1 July having been in South Africa for just 23 days

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