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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 52

(x) Boer Invasion of Natal
Modderspruit
1900 (20 Feb.) envelope to Johannesburg, bearing ½d. to 1/- (eight values) all cancelled by strikes of the "Natallager, Z.A.R./modderspruit" oval datestamp in violet; also ½d. pair sharing "modderspruit/Natallager, Z.A.R." oval datestamp (23.12) in violet. A rare cancellation with the word "Natallager" unique to this town. Photo

Note: Modderspruit station had water tanks to top up locomotives and was the depot for supplies to the Ladysmith area

provenance:
Bill Hart, June 1993

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Sold for
£280