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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1687

(x) Zululand
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
The 4th. (The King's Own Royal) 2nd. Battalion
1879 (14 July) soldier's envelope front "From 2234 J. Sherwin Dr. in 2/4 Regiment South Africa" to London, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing Transvaal 1879 "One Penny" (S.G. Type 15 in red) on 6d. olive-black cancelled "14" at Utrecht and with c.d.s. alongside, London Paid arrival c.d.s. (26.8) at left; light overall toning and a few faults though a rare usage of this provisional on a soldier's cover. Photo

Note: The 2/4th. were deployed during the war to man and sometimes build forts and depots in the Greytown, Luneburg and Vryheid areas. The cover is countersigned by Lt. M.E. Crofton who had been promoted to Captain on 9 July though obviously had yet received news of it. He served at Utrecht and Luneburg

provenance:
John Robson, June 1993

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Sold for
£450