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Auction: 24021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3193

Ceylon
Covers and Cancellations
Boer War
1900-02 selection (eight covers, three fronts) including Diyatalawa Camp four covers variously franked 6c. to broad bottom camp in St. Helena, three bearing the second type censor cachet for "e.j.b."; Kandy (Prisoners on Parole) three covers comprising 1901 (8 Nov.) cover from Ragama Camp to "commandant p. krantz, kandy, ceylon" with Ragama censor cachet, 1902 cover from the German Consulate at Colombo to "w.h. koenneker, p.o.w., ragama" redirected in blue crayon to "Queens Hotel Kandy" with Ragama censor cachet and pink "ER" seal, and 1902 cover from Cape Colony to "cornelius van rooyen" at Diyatalawa Camp redirected to Kandy, all three covers with Kandy c.d.s on reverse; Segregation Camp 1902 (4 Feb.) cover bearing Transvaal 1d. tied by Pretoria c.d.s. with oval "burgher camp/censored/irene" in violet on the reverse, and three fronts also from Pretoria, all to J.J. Stander de Oude at Diyatalawa Camp but re-addressed to "Segregation Camp", one front registered and another with "t/10/centimes" charged 12cts. postage due; some faults, nonetheless a scarce group.

provenance:
Spink, July 2006

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