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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 41

(x) Boer Invasion of Natal
Glencoe
1899 (1 Nov.) unstamped envelope to The Consul General for U.S.A. at Johannesburg, showing a fine strike of the "Veldpost Z.A.R./Glencoe,/1 Nov. 1899." handstamp in violet, the earliest recorded date of use of this marking. Photo

Note: Glencoe was the rail junction to Dundee in the east and Newcastle in the north. It was occupied by Boer Forces on 18 October

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