CANADA/OFS: 1900 Printed BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, SOUTH
AFRICA
envelope postmarked FPO 36 (Bloemfontein / AP 18) addressed to
Lady
Russell and redirected in England from Reading to London. The
cover
is endorsed "Free", the Sender being "G S Ryerson Lt Col, Red
Cross, Canada/Commanding (?)" and shows postmarks London Paid
(red), Swallowfield MY 13 and Reading MY 18. Backstamped Reading
MY
12. An exceedingly rare Red Cross stationery envelope of which
only
a handful survive (Rich recorded only a single example at the
time
of his writing), all the more desirable due the Canadian
component.
F-VF, exhibition showpiece. Colonel George Sterling Ryerson
founded
the Canadian Red Cross Society in 1896. An active Military
Physician throughout his career, this letter is an important
proving piece for Ryerson's own presence in South Africa during
the
Anglo-Boer War.
Automatically generated translation:
Canada / OFS: 1900 Printed britisch RED CROSS SOCIETY, SOUTH AFRICA
envelope postmarked FPO 36 (Bloemfontein / AP 18) addressed to lady
Russell and redirected in England from Reading to London. The cover
is endorsed "Free", the Sender being "G S Ryerson Lt Col, Red
Cross, Canada / Commanding (?) " and shows postmarks LONDON PAID
(red), Swallowfield MY 13 and Reading MY 18. Backstamped Reading MY
12. At exceedingly rare Red Cross stationery envelope of which only
a handful survive (Rich recorded only a single example at the time
of his writing), all the more desirable due the Canadian component.
F-VF, exhibition showpiece. Colonel the sheepdog George sterling
Ryerson founded the Canadian Red Cross Society in 1896. At active
Military Physician throughout his career, this letter is at the
crucial proving piece for Ryersons own presence in South Africa
during the Anglo Boer was.
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