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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 265

(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
Transvaal stamps handstamped "v.r." in violet or black
Unused
2/6d. dull violet and green, part original gum; thinned around hinge area though of good strong colour and a most attractive example of this very rare stamp. Brandon Certificate (1997). S.G.8, £9,000. Photo

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