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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 5

(x) Boer Forces Mail
German Corps
1900 (18 May) unstamped "Veld Dienst" envelope to P.O. Hibernia showing a superb strike of the "johannesburg commando/veldpostmeester/G.F. Fleischer." "cogwheel" oval cachet in violet, Volkrust (18.5) and Johannesburg (19.5) c.d.s. on reverse, some foxing otherwise fine, and (25 May) damaged "Velddienst" envelope to Jeppesdorp with a fine strike of the cachet in blue-violet. A rare handstamp with only eight examples recorded, and an interesting pair illustrating the first and last dates known. Photo

provenance for first:
Bill Hart, June 1993
Kenneth Griffith, March 2003

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£520