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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 44

(x) Boer Invasion of Natal
Hattingspruit
1900 (24 Apr. ) double rate envelope to Switzerland, bearing ½d., 1d. (3) and 2d. cancelled by three fine strikes of the "Veld-Post, Z.A.R./hattingspruit" oval datestamp in violet, Pretoria (26.4) and arrival (8.6) c.d.s. on reverse; a spectacular franking to an overseas destination. Also unaddressed envelope bearing 1d. with "hattingspruit,/z.a.r." oval-framed datestamp and pieces bearing ½d. and 1d. values with double-ring datestamp (17.10, the earliest date recorded of any Boer cancellation in Natal) in violet. Photo

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