Lot 368
"O. H. M. S." Pressing and Confidential Signed Campaign Envelope (no contents): 1877 (2 Nov.) envelope from Lieut-General Sir Arthur Thurlow Cunynghame, written one month after his appointment to command all Colonial Forces, to Col. William Bellaires, King Williams Town, endorsed at top right "To be sent by mounted orderly from Komgha to Kei Road Station from thence by guard of evening train and to be delivered this night" with "A T Cunynghame (Signed) General" at lower left, "2 Nov. 1877" date at lower right and pencil notation "Recd 11:30 am 3rd Nov. 1877" at left center, envelope with three folds, one at extreme left, Rare. Also includes an original General Order No. 1 (Colonial Forces) Head-Quarters, King Williamstown, 2nd October, 1877 bulletin., ex. Dillaway.
Estimate $300 - 400
Governor Frere found General Cunynghame a liability both militarily and politically and replaced him with Frederic Thesiger (Lord Chelmsford) on 4 March 1878. Colonel William Bellaires was the commander of forces west of the Kei River.
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