Lot 3026
3026
cover 1888 (Sep.) cover to England, endorsed "From No. 263 Pte. T. Clayton C Company 1st N.S. Regt Entongeni(sic)", countersigned at lower left, bearing 1d., minute surface irregularity, tied by fair watery Entonjaneni c.d.s. in blue-grey; backstamped Eshowe (17 Sep.), Lower Tugela, Durban; a great rarity. Photo

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cover 1888 (Sep.) cover to England, endorsed "From No. 263 Pte. T. Clayton C Company 1st N.S. Regt Entongeni(sic)", countersigned at lower left, bearing 1d., minute surface irregularity, tied by fair watery Entonjaneni c.d.s. in blue-grey; backstamped Eshowe (17 Sep.), Lower Tugela, Durban; a great rarity. Photo

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Note: The countersignature is that of a Captain, "Commanding Detachment 1st. N. Staffford Regt, Entonganeni, Zululand". They had probably been left there in the aftermath of the operations in June-July 1888 against the u Suthu. Dinuzulu was to stand trial in Eshowe in October.

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