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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 324

(x) Wolmaransstad
The town was occupied by the British from 15 June until 27 July, 1900, when the British Forces departed and the Boers re-occupied the town
Postal History
Prior to the First British Occupation, 15 June 1900
1900 (27 Jan.) envelope (complete with letter) ex the Leask correspondence from Mrs. Leask to her daughters at school in Stromness, Orkney, bearing Transvaal ½d. and 1d. (2) with double-ring datestamps and with both Boer and British censor tape, the former tied by Pretoria c.d.s. (30.1), "returned letter office/natal" c.d.s. (20.2) and boxed "stopped by censor/return to sender" cachet in violet; the letter subsequently returned to Mrs. Leask in a green "in dienst." envelope (faults) with Pretoria c.d.s. (6.3) and showing cachet in violet of Isaac van Alphen, the Postmaster-General of the Z.A.R. Photo

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