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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 415

(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
1899 civilian mail envelope to London bearing Transvaal 1d. (3) with Boer and British censor labels and 1900 (Feb.) "Veld dienst" envelope to Johannesburg, both with pre-occupation double-ring datestamp, 1900 (July) soldier's envelope from Corpl. Ridout of the Southern Rhodesian Volunteers to England bearing G.B. 1d. lilac with double-ring datestamp ("z.a." excised), 1900 (Nov.) bank cheque authorisation document bearing G.B. 3d. pair and 1/- sharing superb Office of the District Paymaster oval datestamp in violet and signed, 1901 envelopes (2) to England bearing 1d. lilac with F.P.O. 4 c.d.s. and part Zeerust oval datestamps in violet, and two other items

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