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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4063

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
The Boer War
1899 (Feb.) Cape 1d. on 3d. card from Cape Town to S.M.S. Condor (stationed at Lourenco Marques for rapid deployment during Britain's disputes with the Boer Republic) at Alfred Docks, 1900 (Feb.) soldier's envelope posted on S.S. Monteagle of the Elder-Dempster to England and 1900 (Dec.) 1d. card to England, both cancelled with Southampton Ship Letter datestamp, 1900 (1 Mar.) envelope from Durban to S.S. Formosa and Lorenco Marques, 1900 (Mar.) soldier's envelope and 1d. card from Las Palmas, and 1d. card written at sea, all three cancelled with Plymouth Ship Letter datestamp and the latter showing "paquebot" handstamp applied on arrival, 1900 (June) Elder Dempster Line envelope (complete with illustrated letter sheet of the Monteagle) from Bloemfontein to London bearing 1d. lilac with Cape Town datestamp, and 1900 (June) soldier's envelope from F.P.O. 17 to S.S. Formosa "Transport 42" at Durban. An interesting group

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