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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 612

(x) Basutoland
The Cape Post Office Period
The Boer War
Prisoner of War Mail

Mail to and from Ceylon
1902 (Jan.) envelope from Diyatalawa Camp to Mrs. van der Riet at Thlotse Heights, bearing 3c. green (2) sharing datestamp and showing "censor/prisoners of war" cachet in blue, Cape Town (26.5) and Fiksburg (24.6) datestamps, all on face, Maseru datestamp (1.6) on reverse. A rare usage of incoming mail from Ceylon with only six examples recorded by the owner, and a very late use of the censor handstamp just before peace was declared on 31 May. Photo

Note: Apparently written by Tobias Johannes van der Riet who with his two sons were captured at Fouriesburg on 30 July 1900 while serving with the Malitz Commando. They were all sent to Ceylon on the "Dilward"

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Estimate
£150 to £200