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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 385

(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 addressed
This and the following sections are all envelopes with Thomas Leask & Co. imprint on flap
1d. rose-red and green horizontal strip of three with the left-hand stamp showing wide spacing of overprint, to Thomas Leask & Co. at Klerksdorp and marked in pencil by Leask "Keep this to show difference between Cancelled & V.R.I.". S.G. 1. Photo

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