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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1689

(x) Zululand
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
The 13th. (Somersetshire) Prince Albert's Light Infantry
1879 (22 May) soldier's envelope from a private to London, signed by the Commanding Officer and bearing Transvaal 1878 uncancelled 1d. brown-red as the post was forwarded through natal after the battle of Kambula where the Natal postal authorities refused to cancel the stamps, the reverse with Durban and G.P.O. c.d.s. (22.) and two different London datestamps (24.6); some repairs and other faults. Photo

Note: The 13th. Light Infantry operated in north and central Zululand areas as part of the No. 4 Column under Col. Wood, and saw action in the battle of Kambula on 29 March

provenance:
"Tugela", March 1994
Wilson Wong, September 1996

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200