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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1734

(x) Zululand
1888-93 Overprints on stamps of Great Britain
Covers
1890 (29 Apr.) pre-printed soldier's envelope front (quartered folds/split) "From No. 2305 Pte. S.C. Adling. 1st. Battn. The Royal Scots." to Market Raisin, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and bearing 1d. with double-ring datestamp and subsequently marked "Very scarce, only in use about six weeks whilst the Regiment was out of the proper stamps"; most unusual. Photo

provenance:
Milo D. Rowell, October 1992

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Estimate
£300 to £400