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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 26

(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."
1900 (30 Jan.) unsealed envelope (vertical crease) "Via Lourcos Marques" to Orkney, Scotland, bearing ½d. and 1d. (2) tied by c.d.s. with "c.g.h." excised, censored by the assistant postmaster, then sealed and endorsed "Examined by me for P.M. Vburg W.M." (translation), censor label at left and with various transit c.d.s. on reverse, and 1900 (7 Feb.) Standard Bank envelope to Pretoria, bearing 1d. similarly cancelled and with censor label at right, Klerksdorp and arrival c.d.s. on reverse

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