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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1036

(x) Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
The Steven Walske Collection of the Boer War Sieges

Siege of Kuruman: 14 October 1899 to 1 January 1900 and November 1900 to April 1901
1901 (18 Sept.) Cape 1d. stationery envelope to Bristol uprated with Cape 1d., headed "From J.C. Davis Sergt D.E.O.V.R.", marked "Per Runner", cancelled by "kuruman/c.g.h." squared-circle d.s., showing light Vryburg censor oval (24.9) and, on reverse, Vryburg (24.9) d.s., shipped from cape Town by the "Scot", and arrival (18.10). Photo

provenance:
Harry Birkhead, March 2014

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£160

Starting price
£120