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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1055

Transvaal
Covers and Cancellations
1880 (12 July) envelope ex the Ward correspondence from Lydenburg "via Kimberley & Capetown" to Ireland, bearing 1878 1/- green cancelled "13" and tied by despatch datestamp, Liverpool datestamp (19.8) on reverse. Photo

Note: The sender of the letter was Surgeon Espine Charles Ward, who had been with the 94th. Regiment since they were sent to Zululand following the debacle at Isandhlwana. At the time he wrote this letter, the companies of the 94th. formed the garrison at Lydenburg. In November 1880 they were ordered to Pretoria, but en route were ambushed at Bronkhorstspruit. Surgeon Ward suffered a flesh wound in his thigh, and was left by the Boers in charge of the wounded. He remained at the camp he set up on the site for more than three months.

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£280