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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 23

(x) Boer Invasion of Vryburg, British Bechuanaland
The town was occupied by the Boers from 18 October 1899 to 9 May 1900. Cape stamps found in the town were overprinted with the value and "Z.A.R."
1899 (14 Oct.) envelope to Mossel Bay sent out on the last post before the Boers occupied the town, bearing Cape 1d. with neat "vryburg/c.g.h." c.d.s. and taken to Kimberley by rail when Vryburg was evacuated, Kimberley c.d.s. (18.10) on reverse and held there until the town was relieved on 15 February 1900, arrival c.d.s. (25.2) alongside. Photo

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