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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 68

(x) Pietersburg
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1901 (2 May) envelope addressed in pencil to "Gen. Louis Botha" at Ermelo, bearing imperforate 1d., 2d., 4d. (gum stains), 6d. and 1/- all neatly cancelled and tied by Ermelo double-ring datestamps in blue. A colourful souvenir franking, legacy of Justice N.J. De Wet who was secretary to Gen. Botha. Rare with only one other such franking known. Photo

provenance:
Boer War Centenary Sale, October 1999

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£1,300