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Bidboard #
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1951
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Lot #
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262
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$200.00
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Current Bid:
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$80
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Canada Covers
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Military - Canadian Contingent South African Boer War. Tidy cover with CDS from the British Army Post Office South Africa, accompanied by "Canadian Contingent, South Africa" oval postmark dated July 31st 1900, posted to Ottawa. Return address of "D" Company, Royal Canadian Regiment, South Africa. Backstamped Ottawa, August 30th 1900 making for a 30-day delivery from South Africa to Canada. A very clean cover for this period, with sought-after Canadian Contingent postmark. From 1899-1902 over 7,000 Canadian Troops volunteered to service alongside the British forces in the Boer War conflict. Estimate =
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