Lot Archive

Lot

№ 16

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18 June 1997

Hammer Price:
£230

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1865 to 1866 (Capt. R. W. Stone, 4th Battn. Mility. Train) repair to suspension, contact wear and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce

Robert Warner Stone, Ensign, 23 July 1858; Lieutenant, 31 January 1860; Captain, 17 November 1863; Major, 1 October 1877; Hon Lieutenant-Colonel, South Staffordshire Regiment, 2 October 1883. Served in New Zealand from November 1863 until January 1867 and took part in the operations under Major-General Duncan Cameron in 1865-66. He died in 1890.