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Auction: 25028 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1469

Canadian Contingent
Second Contingent Mail
British Red Cross Society
1900 (9 May) envelope with red cross on flap to Sherbrooke bearing G.B. 1d. lilac tied by a fine strike of Field Post Office/27 c.d.s. (Bloemfontein) with a fine strike of the Canadian Contingent type III dated oval (13.5) the earliest recorded date of the type III and Sherbrooke c.d.s. (12.6), redirected to Toronto with a group of Canadian backstamps; with the original letter on Red Cross notepaper "Canadian Branch". Fine. Photo

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Estimate
£500 to £600

Starting price
£350