cover 3d. pale blue on blue with "MAFEKING/BESIEGED" fancy surcharge on Cape 3d. on 1d. (type IV) and on Bechuanaland Protectorate 1d. on ½d. strips of three (2, both types IV-VI) on XU5 to "Grace, Railway Division, Recreation Ground, Mafeking", cancelled by "MAFEKING/C.G.H." c.d.s. (16.4); the XU5 is creased in several places affecting the Baden-Powell stamp and several others and there are a few peripheral faults, none of which detract from the overall visual appeal and rarity of one of the few mixed issue covers which have survived. Photo in colour