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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 359

(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

The Stamps
Lieut. C.G. Huddleston was responsible for the preparation of the issue. The overprinting was carried out by John L. Clouston an employee of Thomas Leask & Co.
The Definitive Stamps

Unused
½d. green, variety overprint inverted, small part original gum with paper adhering to about half of reverse; faults including tear at foot. Very rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1939). S.G. 1a, £1,100. Photo

provenance:
Tommy Allen
Maj. Harold Criddle, February 1992

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Sold for
£600