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1899-1902 Stamps, covers and postcards on pages including Mafeking (5) with 1d pale blue used (also further 1d pale blue, 1d deep blue and 3d deep blue used with faults, two on piece), mainly pro-Boer postcards (11), covers (11), a woven silk of President Kruger, cigarette cards, various other Southern Africa stamps including Griqualand, etc. (56). £250-300
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Mafeking. Used selection comprising S.G. 1-6, 8, 12, 13, five on pieces, S.G. 4, 13 a little faded, S.G. 6 with a few stained perfs, the other six all fine, S.G. 5 unusually with distinct doubling to “BESIEGED”. Also Vryburg Boer Occupation ½d, 1d and 2½d surcharges used with 1899 (Nov 28) Vryburg datestamps, not guaranteed. S.G. £1,010+. (12). £200-250
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Ladysmith Siege. 1900 Stampless cover to “Major Savile R.A, Army Ordnance Stores, Ladysmith” with violet “LADYSMITH / SIEGE POST OFFICE / Feb. 25th 1900”; and a Ladysmith Siege postcard posted from Ladysmith (June 16) to Pietermaritzburg franked ½d pair sent by Corp. Stranack, Medical Staff Detachment, Natal Carbineers, also a forged siege postcard with fake Ladysmith c.d.s. (3). £100-120
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1900 (Nov 10) Budrick of Cape Town printed pictorial envelope posted from Cape Town to London franked 1d, the enclosed letter on pictorial notepaper from a soldier in 73rd Squadron, Pagets Horse at Makenzie Camp. The letter includes “I am for home, it is a great favour which Lady Churchill (?) & The Hon. Miss Cavendish did for me ...... last week Steel died while going for a farmhouse near Mafeking ..... I will bring you a cartridge shell which I picked up on the battlefield of Mafeking ..... all the letters were lost, the Boers captured the mails twice .....” The cover with a little edge staining, otherwise fine, an interesting letter. £100-120
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1900-02 Covers and cards, mainly British forces mail, including stampless cover to U.S.A with G.B 5d applied in transit in London, Official cover from Mennes Scouts, cover hand delivered within Aliwal North with censor seal and cachet, stampless O.A.S covers with Mafeking squared circle (2), Natal Field Force octagonal datestamp without number, A.P.O 53 cover to “Electrical Works Natal Government Railways” with “1” numeral handstamp of Pietermaritzburg, etc. (14). £150-180
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Parcel Post. 1899-1901 Selection comprising a vellum tie-on parcel tag from Lt. L.H Tudor, 2nd South Wales Borderers, endorsed “Contents of Parcel Books & Papers & Photos” with G.B 1/- carmine & green single + pair tied by F.P.O 5 single ring datestamps; Parcel Post label on piece with GB 1d + 4d pair tied by F.P.O 4 c.d.s; Military Parcels Office Bloemfontein postcard to a soldier in Bethune’s M.I redirected to Colenso; and two G.B C.O.Ps for parcels to an officer in South Africa (with related papers). (5+). £180-220
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Parcel Post/Registration. 1900-01 Address pieces from registered parcels to England all with G.B stamps tied by F.P.O datestamps, one franked 6d with circular “R” handstamps, the other with 2/5 paid by ½d + 1d + eleven 2½d stamps, or 2/10 paid by five 2d stamps + 1/- green and carmine pair; also a registered cover from F.P.O 50 to France franked ½d + 9d, some faults, very unusual. (4). £120-140
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Forces Mail - Parcel Cancels. c.1900 G.B 6d Purple block of four cancelled by two strikes of unframed “F.P.O 4” (possibly F.P.O 43?), 2d single and vertical pair cancelled oval framed “F.P.O / 13”, and 1d lilac cancelled unframed “NFF”, also Natal ½d pair (faults) on piece with Natal Field Force 2 rubber datestamps. Rare cancels, the F.P.O 4 cancel apparently the only recorded examples, all ex. Griffith. (6). Photo on Page 238. £150-180
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Forces Mail - Parcel Cancels. 1900 G.B Stamps cancelled by cork type “F.P.O / 43”, comprising 3d, 6d (9, single + pair + block of six) and 1/- green & carmine (2), also a Parcel Post label (minor edge faults) franked 1d + 3d + 6d pair each with the cork cancel, Army P.O 43 c.d.s (Aug 17) alongside, very scarce. Ex. Griffith. (7). Photo on Page 208. £200-250
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Forces Mail - Parcel Cancels. c.1900 G.B Stamps cancelled by circular framed cork type “43 / F.P.O”, comprising 2½d pair, 3d irregular strip of three, 9d, 1/- green & carmine block of four, and a piece bearing 3d + eight 1/- green & carmine stamps, the cancel on the 2½d pair apparently larger than all the others with a broken circle, a few faults, very scarce. Ex Griffith. (5). Photo on Page 238. £200-250
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Forces Mail - Parcel Cancels. 1901 (Oct 5) Parcel Post label bearing G.B 9d (3) each cancelled by circular framed cork type “43 / F.P.O” with Army Post Office Bloemfontein c.d.s alongside, fine and very scarce. Ex Griffith. Photo on Page 238. £180-220
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Forces Mail - Parcel Cancels. 1901 (Feb 19) Large piece from a registered parcel to the Postmaster General of India at Lahore, endorsed “From Alndin, Indian P.O Official, Army P.O Corps, Bloemfontein”, with G.B ½d (2) + 2d tied by Army P.O 43 datestamps with very scarce circular framed cork type “43 / F.P.O” alongside and “R / FEE PAID” handstamps, transit and arrival datestamps. A very scarce parcel handstamp, especially from an Indian Contingent postal official. Ex Griffith. £200-250
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Natal Field Force - Parcel Cancel. 1900 (Aug 16) Cover to England with Transvaal 2½d + 3d + 4d cancelled at Heidelberg, an F.P.O 13 c.d.s and circular framed cork type “NFF” alongside the stamps. A very scarce use of this NFF parcel handstamp on cover. Ex. Griffith. Photo on Page 236. £150-180
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Railways - Midland T.P.O. 1900-02 Covers and cards (5) and a registered parcel wrapper cancelled “MIDLAND T.P.O / UP” c.d.s (one Cape card to an officer on P&O S.S Formosa, Transport 42, Cape Town), Field P.O 8 single ring c.d.s (used on the T.P.O) or “ARMY POST OFFICE / MIDLAND T.P.O” double ring c.d.s (4, all with G.B stamps, two registration envelopes, also registered parcel piece with five 6d stamps); also similar T.P O cancels on stamps or pieces (11), related picture postcards (4) and Imperial Military Railways tickets (6), most ex George Crabbe, written up on pages in his distinctive style. A good lot. (27) £250-300
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British P.O.W Mail. 1900 Covers from Capt. Oliver Nugent, 1st Bn. Kings Royal Rifles, P.O.W in Pretoria, to his wife in England, a stampless cover with circular violet “(arms) / 11 JAN. 1900 / COMMANDANT GENERAAL”, Pretoria c.d.s and Press Censor, and a cover with Transvaal 2½d tied by Pretoria c.d.s (May 3) and blue boxed “GEZIEN, / POSTCENSOR, / PRETORIA, / Z.A.R.”. Nugent was severely wounded and captured at Dundee on October 23rd; the first stampless cover has the recipient’s inscription showing it was written from Rourke Hospital in Pretoria, the later stamped cover from the officer’s P.O.W camp at the Staats Model School in Pretoria. Minor creasing, the second cover with closed tear. (2). £140-160
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British P.O.W Mail. 1900 Covers from British P.O.Ws in Pretoria sent via Mozambique franked 2½d, one from Lt. L.A Myburgh, Kitcheners Horse, to his fiancée in Wynberg with violet boxed “GEZIEN, / POSTCENSOR, / PRETORIA, / Z.A.R” and Press Censor, 7 May c.d.s; the other to England with censor label tied by 6 April c.d.s, the stamp uncancelled, a few opening faults or folds. (2). £100-120
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British P.O.W Mail. 1900 (Mar 7) Cover to “Lt. Colonel J.F Burn-Murdoch, The Royal Dragoons, Natal Field Force, South Africa” endorsed “From T.D Pilkington, 1Lt. 1.R.D, Prisoner of War”, a Transvaal 2½d cancelled at Pretoria (Mar. 27), backstamped at Lourenco Marques and Durban, censored with a blue “G” and tick, Press Censor cachet. The enclosed seven page letter, censored with blue crayon “G, 9/3/00”, describes his capture and move to Pretoria and those captured, killed or wounded in the action, 115 British officers are now in the camp with more arriving regularly, he briefly describes the camp and lists the other cavalry officers there. The cover with opening tears at left, otherwise fine, very unusual with the enclosed letter, interestingly not posted until 18 days after it was censored. £150-180
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Mozambique. 1899-1902 Censored covers (14) and a front, from Lourenco Marques to Transvaal (2, cover + front with Boer censors), Cape Colony (2) or Natal; or from Transvaal (5), Cape (2) or Natal (3) to Lourenco Marques, two covers with Durban censor seal type IE, one Lourenco Marques cover to Cape Town handstamped “T” and “50” with a “100” charge mark, an unusual stampless cover from an officer in the Suffolk Regt. posted at F.P.O 27 to an officer on the S.S “Formosa” Transport No. 42 at Durban and redirected to Lourenco Marques with ten backstamps. Also 1901 cover from the Portuguese Consulate General in Pretoria to Natal. (16). £350-400
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Mozambique. 1899-1900 Covers sent via Mozambique, comprising 1899 (Oct 16) cover from Johannesburg to Durban with white Boer censor seal type 2; 1900 (July 29) stampless cover with Mafeking squared circle, F.P.O B.O c.d.s and a G.B 2½d applied in transit in London; 1900 cover from Transvaal to a P.O.W at Simonstown with British and Boer censor seals; and Cape 1d lettercard franked 2d posted from Cape Town to Pretoria, written by R. Tindall, P.O.W on board “Lake Erie” at Table Bay about to depart for St. Helena. (4). £200-240
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1920 (Feb 14) Cover franked 1d + 1/- pair cancelled at Cape Town, addressed to Beaufort West, endorsed “Per Aerial Post” and handstamped red “CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE”, carried by Handley-Page “Pioneer” trial flight from Wynberg to Johannesburg which crashed near Beaufort West, the salvaged mail carried on by rail. Also a piece of wood from the aeroplanes propeller which was previously glued to the cover, the cover stained as a result and also glued together, still very scarce with only about twenty covers recorded from this flight. £100-150
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1936 (Mar 3) Cover from Cape Town to England “Per favour of Flt. Lt Tommy Rose A.F.C”, carried by Tommy Rose on his record breaking solo flight of 6 days 7 hours 5 minutes to Croydon, with circular cachet “CAPETOWN MUNICIPAL AIR-PORT / 3 MAR 1936 / WINGFIELD”, posted upon arrival in London franked 1½d, reverse signed by Rose. Also contemporary news cutting and photo of the plane. Fine and scarce, 18 covers flown, ten of these signed by Rose. Photo on Page 236. £300-350
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Schlesinger Air Race. 1936 Covers carried on the Portsmouth to Johannesburg air race, flown by A.E Clouston who crashed in Southern Rhodesia, continuing in another plane from Bulawayo to Johannesburg with G.B ½d cancelled in Portsmouth (45 covers carried); flown by Tommy Rose and J. Bagshaw who retired from the race at Cairo, with G.B stamps cancelled in London and Egypt stamps in Cairo (100 covers carried of which 25 were posted in Cairo); flown by Captain S. Halse who crashed in Southern Rhodesia, with G.B ½d cancelled at Portsmouth and two Southern Rhodesia 1d stamps cancelled at Salisbury (Oct 7 & 12), 24 covers flown; or flown by Victor Smith, who retired from the race at Khartoum but continued to South Africa in easy stages, with G.B ½d cancelled at Portsmouth and South Africa 6d at George (18 Jan 37), 35 covers flown. A fine group, all four signed by the pilots. (4). £400-500
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1936-37 Record flights between England and South Africa comprising 1936 (May 3) cover posted at Harrogate, then flown by H.L Brook in his 36HP Praga Baby with cachet “England - Cape Town Ultra light planes, in record time 16 days 20hrs” and South Africa ½d cancelled at Cape Town; and 1937 (Nov 13) cover posted in London then flown by F/O A.E Clouston and Mrs Kirby Green in a DH Comet to Cape Town in 45hrs 2mins with Cape Town arrival c.d.s and Wingfield Air-Port cachet (both Nov 16), 38 covers carried. (2). £160-200
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1938 (Oct 6) Stampless cover addressed “Dundee Press Greetings to Press of South Africa” flown by Imperial Airways Short-Mayo “Mercury” from Dundee to South Africa, which included the worlds longest non-stop seaplane flight of 9672km achieved in 42 hrs 5 mins to the mouth of the Orange River where the plane refuelled. Hand carried, signed by the Captain D.C.T Bennett and First Officer I. Harvey, endorsed by Bennett “Mercury, Scotland to S. Africa, 6th - 8th Oct. 1938”. Very rare, one of two covers hand carried on this historic flight, which also carried normal Christmas mail. Ex Jeidel. Photo on Page 236. £500-600
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1939 (Feb 5) Stampless cover to L.A Wyndham in Cape Town endorsed “By favour of Alex Henshaw Esq” and signed by Henshaw, both sides with circular “LONDON EAST AIRPORT / GRAVESEND” (the cachet on the front dated 5-2-39, on the reverse signed and dated on 7.2.39) and boxed “CITY OF CAPE TOWN / MUNICIPAL AIRPORT” (two strikes dated 6 FEB and 8 FEB on the front, 8 FEB cachet on reverse). Henshaw flew from Gravesend to Cape Town in 39 hours 23 minutes then made the return journey in 39 hours 3 minutes, a record which still stands. A very rare cover flown in both directions, 32 covers carried on the outward flight and 12 on the return flight with fewer of these carried on both flights. Photo on Page 236. £500-600
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1947 (Jan 14) Air letter to South Africa with South Africa 3d tied by Egypt Postage Prepaid datestamp, fire damaged, with accompanying 1942 (Feb 7) letter from the S.A Army Postal Directorate Middle East Forces, “the accompanying letter card was salvaged from a quantity of mail which was damaged by fire in the Western Desert on 19.1.42”. A mail truck was stolen from A.P.O 13 attached to 1. Div. H.Q at Mersa Matruh and subsequently found burnt out. Scarce and unusual. £120-150
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1917 (July 31) Entire to Windhuk sent at the unsealed ½d bookpost rate, cancelled by violet “HAM RIVER / RAIL” rubber datestamp, “PASSED CENSOR / 100A” below with Windhuk backstamp, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 236. £140-160
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c.1780-84 Prestamp and stamped covers (100), and a duplicated quantity of imperf issue stamps, also some later stamps and covers. (100s). £150-200
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1896 (July 14) Stampless cover to London endorsed “no stamps, active service” and “Dongola Expedity Force, Malcolm Peake, Capt. R.C, Enardeh” with partial Wadi Halfa Camp c.d.s, boxed “T” and a single rate 2½d charge mark applied in the London Foreign Branch, small tear at upper edge, otherwise fine. £80-100
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1898 Covers to England both headed from soldiers and endorsed “Army of Occupation Egypt” or “Nile Expeditionary Force Soudan”, one posted from Darmali franked 1pi, the other from Atbara franked 5m, the Darmali cover with a few faults, the Atbara cover fine. (2). £100-150
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1897-1913 Mint and used selection in a stockbook including 1897 Soudan overprints with vertical strips of six, 1m overprint inverted mint (1989 B.P.A Certificate), postal stationery, officials, Army Service including 1906-11 5pi mint, Military Telegraphs, also 1951 essays and set mint. S.G. £2,000+. (100s). £200-250
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Officials. 1902 1m Brown and pink with type 1 “O.S.G.S.” overprint, vertical pair with variety overprint inverted, upper stamp from position 19 with additional oval “O” variety. A great rarity, only six examples of the oval “O” and inverted overprint possible, one of which is in the Royal Collection and another postally used. Ex. Danson, signed by Bloch, with B.P.A Certificate (2007). S.G. O3c/d, £4,600. Photo on Front Cover. £1,400-1,600
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Booklets. 1912 100m Booklet originally containing ten pairs of 5m stamps, one pair removed, nine pairs remaining, covers a little creased, stapled at right, scarce. S.G. SB1. Photo on Page 238. £100-150
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1841-1986 Covers and cards including prestamp letters (18, mainly official mail), 1882 letter to Finland with boxed “FRANCO / GRANSEN”, military envelopes, parcel cards, Landstorm stamps (22), etc., also Military Reply stamp cut-outs and some postmarks. (400+). £250-300
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1855 3sk Bluish green, defective “3” (skull) variety at right, used with boxed Carlskrona datestamp (5.10.55), two small thins at left and upper right corner, a good looking example of this scarce stamp, very well centred. With 1996 Helena Obermuller Certificate. F.45,000+kr. Photo on Page 240. £300-400
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1855 3sk Bluish green used with light Hudiksvall c.d.s, very well centred, possibly one short perf at right, otherwise an unusually fine example of this scarce stamp, with 1995 Helena Obermuller Certificate. F.45,000kr. Photo on Page 240. £500-600
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1857 4sk, Grey-ultramarine and greenish light grey-blue shades, both fine used, with 1989/90 Helena Obermuller Certificates, two scarce shades. F2J2, K1, 22,400kr. (2). Photo on Page 240. £200-250
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1855-58 4sk Blue, three used examples including varieties double “4” at right or broken left frame, also an example on 1858 entire letter from Hernosand. (4). £120-150
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1855 6sk Grey, fine used, well centred with a neat c.d.s cancel. With 1977 Frimarkshuset Certificate. F.12,000kr. Photo on Page 240. £150-200
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1855 6sk Light grey, thin paper, used with Stockholm c.d.s. F.14,000kr. Photo on Page 240. £120-150
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1858 6sk Brownish grey used with Gefle c.d.s, well centred, with 1999 Helena Obermuller Certificate. F.12,000kr. Photo on Page 240. £180-220
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1858 (June 6) Entire from Stockholm to Christianstad, Finland, bearing two 6sk grey stamps each tied by a neat Stockholm c.d.s, a third strike at left with oval framed “FRANCO”, “50” rate crossed out and replaced by “7” written on the right stamp. A fine and attractive entire, with 1969 Sjoman Certificate. Photo on Page 236. £800-1,000
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1856 8sk Brownish orange used with Stockholm c.d.s, variety damaged “FRI” at right. Facit 4bv3, 6,500+kr. Photo on Page 240. £150-180
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1856 8sk Lemon yellow used with Goteborg c.d.s, two short perfs at upper left corner, otherwise fine and a scarce shade, with 1966 Sjoman Certificate. F.25,000kr. Photo on Page 240. £120-150
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1857 8sk Dull yellow used with Gefle c.d.s, variety double “8” at right. Facit 4fv2, 6,500kr. Photo on Page 240. £120-140
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1855 24sk Red used with a neat c.d.s cancel, well centred, variety extended “T” in “TJUGO”. Facit 5v2, 20,000kr. Photo on Page 240. £250-300
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1855 24sk Dull red used with a superb Stockholm c.d.s, well centred, a fine stamp, with 1999 Helena Obermuller Certificate. F.18,000kr. Photo on Page 240. £150-200
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1858-72 5ore (11) and 30ore (18) used, all with plate varieties, well written up on two pages, also 30ore on a front to Finland with boxed “FRANCO / GRANSEN”, and scarce 24ore lemon yellow shade used (1979 Lars Thorsson Certificate). (31). £120-150
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1862-72 3ore Orange-brown (type 1), 17ore purple and 20ore orange-red (variety “0” in “20” open at bottom) all fine used, the 17ore superb. F.7,800kr. (3). Photo on Page 240. £120-150
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1872-76 Perf 14 Ring type 3ore - 24ore, 50ore and 1r mint with additional 12ore deep blue, 24ore orange-yellow, the 3ore in a pair, also used 6ore (3, one with pre-printing paper fold) and 24ore pair. A fine group, five with Obermuller or Sjoman Certificates. F.43,800kr. (17). Photo on Page 240. £600-700
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