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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 613

(x) Basutoland
The Cape Post Office Period
The Boer War
Prisoner of War Mail
Mail to and from Ceylon
1902 (Apr.) envelope from Leribe to Diyatalawa Camp, bearing G.B. 1d. lilac circled with blue crayon as unaccepted for postage and with D4 datestamp below, showing large "2d." postage due handstamp, orange Opened Under Martial Law label partially over the stamp and tax marking and showing "censor/prisoners of war" cachet in blue, upon arrival marked "Mt. Lavinia" twice in red ink indicating transfer of the prisoner to this second camp. Photo

Note: Mount Lavinia was the second camp to be opened in Ceylon on 17 December 1900. It was a convalescent camp that housed patients recovering from fever and other ailments. This cover is illustrated on page 38 of the Scott handbook

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