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Lot# 4236 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 4236 Mafeking

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    'Mafeking Besieged' on Stamps of Cape of Good Hope 1900 (March 23): Surcharged 1 d. on ½ d. green, Hope seated, 3 d. on 1 d. carmine and 6 d. on British Bechuanaland 3 d. lilac & black, used on 1900 cover addressed to "Lance Corporal Aakeen, Dummy Fort, Western Outposts, Mafeking", tied by MAFEKING / C.G.H. datestamps (May 7) in black. An attractive and very fine cover.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Goodyear', Robson Lowe, London, 8 June 1993, lot 74.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF