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Auction: 22012 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3405

Transvaal
Wolmaranstaad
1900 (19 July), three Thomas Leask & Co. imprinted envelopes locally addressed to Mr. or Mrs. Leask and bearing 1900 (24 June) "cancelled/v-r-i." 1d. rose-red and green, 2d. brown and green and 3d. purple and green respectively, tied by fine strikes of Wolmaransstad c.d.s. Very fine and each very scarce, the 2d. and 3d. values issued only forty and c. twenty examples respectively. S.G. 2, 3, 5

provenance:
Harry Birkhead, Spink 2014 (March)

Notes: The town of Wolmaransstad was occupied by the British from 15 June until 27 July, 1900, when the British Forces departed and the Boers re-occupied the town. Lieut. C.G. Huddleston was responsible for the preparation of the issue. The overprinting was carried out by John L. Clouston an employee of Thomas Leask & Co.

Covers bearing stamps cancelled at Wolmaransstad and addressed to members of the Leask family show no other signs of postal conveyance. These covers are normally censored and signed by Lt. Huddleston.

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Sold for
£4,500

Starting price
£2800