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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 87

(x) Prisoners of War Mail
Mail to Prisoners of War
1900 (Jan.) envelope from Germiston to Cape Town, franked at 3d. and with manuscript "Gezien Censuur", Officially Sealed label applied at Durban and arrival c.d.s. (25.1), 1900 (Apr.) envelope from England "Via Lorenco Marques" to Pretoria showing "prisoner of war/pretoria" handstamp in purple, Opened Under Martial War label and triangular-framed "passed/press/censor" handstamp in red, 1900 envelopes (2) from O.F.S. to Green Point, one showing "landdrost kantoor" Arms cachet in violet, and 1901 envelope (opened-out) to an internee at "Boren Kamp Portegal", franked at 2d. with tax marks for 5 centimes and Mainwaring oval cachet on reverse. An interesting group

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