Zululand 1879 Rare Shield Type L1 cds Stanger on Zulu War Letter

Zululand 1879 Rare Shield Type L1 cds Stanger on Zulu War Letter
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  • 1879 RARE SHIELD TYPE L1 CDS (#72 of Stanger) used as a canceller tying QV Chalon 6d violet ovptd POSTAGE (SG 83) on likely
  • ZULU WAR OFFICER'S LETTER franking on neat envelope to Ireland.
  • Backstamp Durban FEB 4 1879 and, of maritime interest, Holyhead & Kingston Packet cds MR 15.
  • VF, rare use of this canceller applied to mail entering Natal from Zululand at Stanger in this early part of the Zulu War campaign.
  • A rare campaign cover written WITHIN THE PERIOD OF THE WAR which ended with the battle of Ulundi on 4th July 1879.
  • The writer likely Captain Geoffrey Barton, 7th Fusiliers, attached as Staff Officer to Colonel Durnford's No2 column.

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