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Lot 386



Recruiting Officer Kitcheners’s Fighting Scouts: 1901 (31 May) signed O. H. M. S. cover from Port Elizabeth to Durban, Natal bearing two-line violet Recruiting Officer Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts hand, envelope bears double circle PORT ELIZABETH 31 MY 01 emblem c.d.s. with Durban receiver of 4 June 1901 backstamp, scarce., ex Dillaway.
Estimate $200 - 300

This volunteer force was raised in 1900 by the famous hunter Col. James Colenbrander and they served in all theatres of the war.


 
Opening Bid $95



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