ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK / TRANSVAAL
Postal History and Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
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| ZULU WAR 1879 (26th May), officers’ 6d rate envelope addressed to England. Bearing Transvaal QV ‘Bourne Head’ 1d pale red-brown (two examples in an unusually deep shade) and a 4d sage-green (SG 134, 136) lightly cancelled and with the coded ‘19’ circular datestamp (26 May) allocated to Ladysmith struck alongside. Endorsed ‘Free in Colony’ at upper left and countersigned ‘Apsley Cherry Lt. Colonel / 90th Lt. Ft. / Zululand’ at lower left. GPO Natal (29 May), Durban (29 May), Bristol (2 July) and Hungerford (13 July) transit / arrival backstamps. The 4d faulty and the envelope with some staining and edge faults commensurate with its age. A very rare example of mail from this campaign. Ex the collection of David Underwood and beautifully written up on his display page. |
| £1,100 |
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