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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 341

(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
Residents return to Wolmaransstad, 11 June. First civil posts, August 1902
1901 (Sept.) from Port Elizabeth with "no postal communications" handstamp in violet, boxed "inconnu/not known" handstamp, Johannesburg censor mark, Johannesburg (30.6) and Cape Town (10.7) Returned Letter Office c.d.s., and 1902 (22 June) envelope from Port Elizabeth to Leask Bros. via Bloemhof, arrived Kimberley and forwarded in error to Vryburg with Press Censor datestamp in violet, transit c.d.s. on reverse including F.P.O. 48 and Army Post Office Bloemfontein. An interesting pair of misdirected items

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