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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1693

(x) Zululand
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
The 57th. (West Middlesex) Regiment
1879 (May) soldier's envelope (flap missing and some soiling) "From 1196 Pte. William Clarke 57 Regiment. Stamps not procurable. Active Service" to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing untied Natal 1d. rose cancelled "2" and with largely Durban c.d.s. on face, Portsmouth arrival c.d.s. (20.6) on reverse. Photo

Note: The 57th. Regiment arrived from Ceylon shortly after the 91st. Highlanders and the 60th. Rifles, and together with the aforementioned were moved up to Lower Tugela to take part in the relief of Col. Pearson, who was besieged in Eshowe. They took part in the battle of Inyezane where they held the front

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

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Estimate
£600 to £700