Lot 508
CAMPAIGN MAIL: 1902 stampless envelope...

Auction: 29 June 2021 at 01:00 BST
£170
Description
CAMPAIGN MAIL: 1902 stampless envelope with original letter to England from W. M. Wilkinan, an officer in the West African Frontier Force at Gujiba, during the campaign against the French incursion into Bornu. The letter mentions has is suffering with blood poisoning and Colonel Morland had ordered him home. Taxed '1d/520' marking on front, the reverse with 'NORTHERN NIGERIA/JU 6/1902' despatch, Plymouth (5.7), transit and London (7.7) arrival cds. An interesting and most unusual item

