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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 378

(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
Covers bearing uncancelled stamps and unaddressed
This and the following sections are all envelopes with Thomas Leask & Co. imprint on flap
½d. green in combination with ½d. on 1/- green (defective upper left corner), the envelope lettered "A" in blue crayon in lower left corner; very rare. S.G. 1, 1c. Photo

Note: This cover was illustrated by J.H. Harvey Pirie in "The South African Philatelist", May 1944

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