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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 13

(x) Boer Invasion of Cape Colony
Colesberg
1899 (19 Dec.) OHMS envelope to Utrecht, posted unpaid and endorsed "Veld Dienst" with Colesberg squared-circle datestamp at upper right, Transvaal 1d. (3) applied at upper left and cancelled at Pretoria (21.12), "postmeester general" oval censor cachet in blue at centre and with arrival c.d.s. (13.2), the reverse with Bloemfontein (22.12), Pretoria and arrival c.d.s.; a most unusual cover with overseas postage added in transit. Photo

provenance:
Kenneth Griffith, March 2003

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Sold for
£220