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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1970

St. Helena The Boer War Incoming Mail orange free state: 1900 (29 Mar.) envelope (opened-out) from Bultfontein, unusually addressed to a P.O.W. in St. Helena prior to the official proclamation by the Governor of St. Helena on 5 April, showing Boer and British censor tape and with a good strike of the "Missent to England/by natal" h.s. on reverse, 1900 (May) 1d. on 1d. card sent by an Englishman from Bloemfontein to St. Helena and therefore not censored, and 1901 envelopes (4) all franked at 1d. (one with unoverprinted 1d. used and marked as not valid), one censored at Thaba´ Nchu and one censored at the Springfontein Refugee Camp; condition mixed though an interesting group Estimate £ 150-200

Sold for
£120