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Auction: 25028 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1462

Canadian Contingent
Second Contingent Mail
Lord Strathcona's Horse
Natal Field Force: 1900 (6 Aug.) envelope to Winnipeg bearing G.B. 1d. lilac tied by a good strike of large "army post office/3 m b/south africa" in purple which was applied at Volksrust, with the arrival c.d.s. on the reverse (16.9); also a second, stampless cover to Ottawa, used on the same day with the same despatch c.d.s. overstruck by London Paid c.d.s. (3.9), some wrinkling; both covers marked as from members of "Strathcona's Horse". Good examples of this scarce postmark when the company had been changed to the Third Mounted Brigade. (2 covers)

literature:
The Postal History of the Canadian Contingent, Kenneth Rowe, 1981 (top cover illustrated page 41)

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£280