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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 370

(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
3d. purple and green, unused with the merest trace of gum; shortish perfs. and traces of thinning at top though a useful reference example of this rare stamp. S.G. 5, £3,000. Photo

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Sold for
£700