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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2939

Transvaal 1880 (7 June) envelope (minor imperfections) ex the "Nairne" correspondence from Lydenburg "via Kimberley & Cape" to England, bearing 1878 1/- green cancelled "13" and showing despatch and Cape Town (2.6) c.d.s. alongside, arrival c.d.s. (12.7) on reverse. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 Note: The sender was Capt. S.H. Nairne of the 94th. Regiment. He fought at Ulundi and against Sekukuni but was an early casualty of the First Anglo-Boer War and died of his wounds at Bronkhorstspruit on 20 December 1880

Sold for
£200