£140
BOER WAR - SIEGE OF MAFEKING & LADYSMITH INC. "THE SIEGE VALENTINE": 31 Mar. 1900 front (faults) to Stonehouse, Devon franked pair 6d on 3d lilac (SG10) opt. MAFEKING / BESIEGED tied by fine Mafeking cds posted whilst still besieged plus (non postal) The Siege Valentine on thick card, a drawing of three emaciated horses with different soldiers heads in place of the horses heads with at the base "In commemoration of the horseflesh diet, called Chevril, Siege of Ladysmith, 14th February, 1900". Good pair. Cross Reference: BECHUANALAND/BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - MAFEKING, VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS
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