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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 414

(x) Zeerust
The town was occupied on 5 June 1900 by Rhodesian Troops under Lt. Col. Plumer where he joined forces with Baden-Powells troops from Mafeking and Otto'shoop. The force then moved forward to occupy Brackfontein on 10 June and Rustenburg on 14 June
Postal History
A selection of Great Britain stamps cancelled in Zeerust, comprising ½d., 1d., 2d., 2½d., 3d. and 1/- green each tied on piece by superb double-ring "p.w.k./zeerust z.a.r."; large envelope with twenty-eight G.B. or Transvaal values, ½d. strip of three, 1d. block of six and Transvaal V.R.I. ½d. each cancelled by double-ring "zeerust/" c.d.s. (27.6) with "z.a." removed, the earliest recorded use of this cancellation on Pretoria overprint stamps. An unusual and most attractive group

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