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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 258

(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
Recovery of Looted Mail Handstamps
1900 (Nov.) envelope to London, showing a fine strike of the rare "found in rustenbg/by british forces" handstamp in violet and with manuscript "5d to pay" at left, framed "t/25/centimes" and large "5d./f.b./a." handstamps, the reverse with Pretoria (6.11) and London (3.12) c.d.s.; two creases clear of the handstamp. Rare. Photo

provenance:
Bill Hart, June 1993

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Sold for
£1,300