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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2027

(x) Anglo-Boer War
Boer Prisoners of War
Ceylon
1900 (30 Aug.) envelope from London to Wynberg and eventually forwarded to Diyatalawa Camp, franked 1d., showing two white "V.R./Opened under Martial Law" with one altered in manuscript to "Found Opened & Closed" and signed A.C. Allnutt 25/X/1900"; and 1902 (6 Jan.) envelope from Springfontein to Diyatalawa Camp, franked 1d., showing black on red "e. r./opened under martial law" label at foot and black on buff "e. r./opened under martial law" label at top tied by unframed "passed censor/refugee camp, springfontein" in violet

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£100