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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 342

(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
1902 selection of four envelopes, all received by the first postal deliveries in late July, comprising 25 April from Port Elizabeth, censored at Johannesburg and most unusually with Army Telegraph code "wd" c.d.s. on reverse, 28 May from Port Elizabeth showing first day use of the new Wolmaransstad c.d.s. as an arrival datestamp (27 July), 27 June from England on the northern route travelling by horse from Klerksdorp, and 22 July from Cape Town showing first day of use of the new Wolmaransstad c.d.s. as an arrival c.d.s. An interesting quartet

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