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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 602

(x) Basutoland
The Cape Post Office Period
The Boer War
Civilian Mail
1900 (May) envelope from Mafeteng to England bearing 1d. red with barred numeral "156" and D4 datestamp, the reverse with mention that the cover had been posted in O.F.S. and making reference to Jammersdrift where the British were under siege, 1900 (Dec.) envelope from Maseru to Cape Town cancelled with D3 datestamp and with Opened Under Martial War label, 1901 (Jan.) ½d. grey envelope used locally from Leribe with D4 datestamp, 1901 (Sept.) 1d. red letter card from Maseru to London with D2 datestamp, contents mention that the British are arming the natives to be used as scouts but not for fighting, 1901 (Dec.) ORC 1d. outward half of reply card, uprated with ½d. (another stamp removed) from Maseru to England with D2 datestamp without year showing, 1902 ½d. green card, uprated stamp removed, from Mafeteng to Tunisia with D4 datestamp, 1902 envelope "Per Book Post" from Aliwal North to Rev. Dieterlen at Leribe, 1902 (Jan./Feb.) O.R.C. ½d. cards from Ladybrand, one via Maseru to Mafeteng, the other to Maseru, 1902 (Feb.) envelope from Johannesburg to Don Don Drift, Morija, bearing 1d., censored with label and showing fine Morija D3 datestamp with only second numeral of year date, 1902 (May) envelope from England to Quthing franked at 1d. and with Martial Law label at top, D3 arrival datestamp on reverse, 1902 (June) envelope from Morija to Wellington, Cape bearing 1d. with D2 datestamp and with triangular-framed censor cachet in blue; mixed condition though an interesting group

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Estimate
£200 to £250