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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 111

(x) Douglas and Surrounding Towns
The village was besieged from late November 1901 until 20 January 1902 by Gen. de Villiers and about 300 commandos
1902 (5 Jan.) envelope from Lord Methuen to his wife in Klerksdorp, bearing uncancelled G.B. 1d. lilac and showing Vryburg c.d.s., Johannesburg and Kimberley Major W. Elton censor cachets, 1902 (20 Jan.) letter written by Duncan Croften Boyes with fascinating details regarding the siege and, from the details, sent out after the town was relieved, and 1902 (14 Feb.) envelope from Douglas to England sent at the 1d. concessionary rare and countersigned by O.C. Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles

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