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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 30

(x) Boer Invasion of Natal
Charlestown
1899 (13 Oct.) "Velddienst" envelope from a member of the "Holl Vryw Corps" (Hollander Voluntary Corps.) to Pretoria, showing a fine strike of the "velddienst" handstamp in violet and with Volkrust c.d.s. below, arrival c.d.s. (16.1) on reverse. A rare handstamp with only five examples recorded. Photo

Note: Commandant G. Lombard led the Hollander Corps into Natal at Charlestown on the morning of 13 October

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