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Auction: 1001 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 216

Cape of Good Hope Boer War 1901 (26 Feb.) envelope from Leribe, Basutoland, to a P.O.W. at Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon, bearing 1d. (3) cancelled with "leribe/c.g.h." c.d.s., censored with "censor/prisoners of war" cachet in blue and pink Opened Under Martial Law label; also 1902 (June) much-travelled envelope from Durban to India and redirected many times, the reverse showing a range of over twenty datestamps and handstamps Estimate £ 60-80

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