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In 1879: Zulu War. British overpower Zulus at Ulundi and survive Rorke's Drift.

Thomas Edison's first practical light bulb.

At the PSL: President Philbrick and Westaby, helped by Moens, start work on definitive G.B.

publication. Future President M. P. Castle elected to membership.

PSL President was Judge F. A. Philbrick. Membership stood at more than 30 and was rising.

ILLUSTRATED ZULU WARRIOR COVER

SENT FROM ENGLAND TO SOUTH AFRICA

From the collection of Alexander T. Haimann FRPSL.

Member since 2008. Lives in United States of America.

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G.ET-OUT·Of' ·'<·WAY· 0

This cover was sent from Beckenham, England on 17 February 1879 with a hand illustrated

pen drawing of a Zulu warrior batting away a 1874 6p stamp depicting Queen Victoria, to an

attorney in Cape Town by way of the Dublin Castle packet ship. Bottom left shows a caption

for the Zulu warrior of "GET-OUT-OF-Y-WAY-0." Mail sent from England in the early period

of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War to recipients in southern Africa with content related to the

conflict is quite scarce. This cover is even more extraordinary when combined with the

unique nature of the illustrated Zulu warrior and the overt political message.