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Lot 27		Estimate: $17,500T Realised Price : $13,500 1867 (20 Mar) Soldier's cover ('[Crown]/LANARKSHIRE/99' embossing on reverse) to U.K. bearing 1d for the concessional rate tied by numeral cancel, fine double-circle Pieter-Maritzburg datestamp, endorsed 'From No.469 CrSerjt W.Maynard K Co. 99th Regt/Fort Napier Natal South Africa', counter-signed lower left by Commanding Officer, minor opening faults. An important Military cover Also two 1869-70 covers from Maynard in U.K. to same addressee, one endorsed '99th Regt Fort Grange Gosport Hants'. These items were discovered in Sydney in 2003