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Lot# 20519 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20519 Western Australia

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    Boer War 1899: Cover from Private W.C. Mills of the First Contingent in South Africa endorsed "On Active Service / No stamps procurable", handstamped at lower left "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN / CONTINGENT" and countersigned "H.G.Moore, Capt." mailed to Broken Hill, NSW and taxed as Soldier's Letter with South African "T" and "1D" in black. New South Wales 1897 2 d. ultramarine adhesive applied presumably in Sydney or on despatch, tied on arrival on arrival by oval framed "BROKEN HILL / NSW" datestamp in violet (Jan 11, 1900). A rare cover - the Contingent cachet is the earliest recorded Australian type used anywhere overseas. The Western Australian contingent arrived at Cape Town on 26 November 1899, assimilated on arrival into the Australian Regiment.rnrnrnrnrnrnrnProvenance: Collection Bill Hart, Cavendish, Derby, 25-26 June 1993, lot 1346.   rn                     Collection Cecil Walkely, Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Nov 2016, lot 306. rn                   
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold