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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 410

(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 Introduction of Penny Postage 1d. Red Commemorative
Leask Registered Covers to his daughters in Scotland
1902 (9 May) envelope (complete with registration receipt) bearing 1d. red (2) together with 1d. rose-red and green and three G.B. values, all cancelled by Army Post Office Klerksdorp double-ring datestamps, London Registered (31.5) and Portobello (1.6) datestamps on reverse. Photo

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