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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 248

(x) Rustenburg
Major-General Baden-Powell and Col. Hoare occupied the town on 14 June 1900. Baden-Powell left the town on 7 August. The next British occupation of the town started with the arrival of Brig.-General Broadwood on 26 September
Postal History
1900 (28 June) envelope, complete with letter, from Major-General Baden-Powell to Mrs. Mercer at Cape Town, marked "On Service Baden-Powell Maj. Gnl" and showing Zeerust transit c.d.s. (2.7), "T2d" in blue crayon and "2d" tax handstamp, Charge Clerk c.d.s. (7.7) on reverse; the letter includes "We were indeed very glad to get out from Mafeking - and are now very busy hunting up the Boers in the open". An interesting cover sent out on the post to the west. Photo

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