Lot 98
98
cover 1858 (Nov.) soldier's entire letter from Hannover in "Bristol Caffaria" addressed to Germany, countersigned at lower left, bearing 1d. brick-red with good to enormous margins, showing part of adjoining stamp at foot and sheet margin at left, tied by black triangular cancellation; letter backstamped "CAPE TOWN/DE 2/1858/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" c.d.s. in red and various transit and arrival c.d.s. together with "LONDON/DM/JA 27/59/PAID" transit c.d.s. in red on the front; stamp creased in sheet margin where folded over top of letter; rare.

Details
cover 1858 (Nov.) soldier's entire letter from Hannover in "Bristol Caffaria" addressed to Germany, countersigned at lower left, bearing 1d. brick-red with good to enormous margins, showing part of adjoining stamp at foot and sheet margin at left, tied by black triangular cancellation; letter backstamped "CAPE TOWN/DE 2/1858/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" c.d.s. in red and various transit and arrival c.d.s. together with "LONDON/DM/JA 27/59/PAID" transit c.d.s. in red on the front; stamp creased in sheet margin where folded over top of letter; rare.
Provenance
Maria de la Queillerie, 1970

Lot Essay

Note: During the Crimean War, a German legion had been recruited. After the war, about a quarter of the men volunteered to complete seven years service in Military Settlements, founded in 1857, in the Eastern District of Cape Colony and in British Kaffraria. This letter is from one of these volunteers.

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