Z.A.R. / TRANSVAAL
Postal History and Postal Stationery
 -  POSTAL HISTORY
T1704
1871 (August), stampless, printed letter (reduced at sides) showing part of a membership list for the ‘Aurora’ Masonic Lodge. Addressed to a member of the ‘Unie’ Lodge in Bloemfontein, OVS. Bearing an originating PRETORIA / Z.A.R. / ZUID AFRIKA (AU 13 / 71) single circle datestamp at upper right. With large ‘1’ in blue manuscript denoting the 1d printed mater rate. A very scarce item of mail between the two Boer Republics. A very similar item is illustrated in ‘The Postal History of the Orange Free State’ (p173) by Robert Allison.
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