ORANGE FREE STATE
Orange Free State
REPUBLICAN PERIOD
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BRITISH OCCUPATION
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POSTAL HISTORY
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| POSTAL HISTORY 1901 (30th December), Anglo-Boer War period. Censored, registered envelope addressed to Germany, bearing 1d and 3d ‘V.R.I.’ surcharges and a Cape 2½d ultramarine overprinted 'ORANGE / RIVER / COLONY.' (SG 113, 117, 133) all tied by WINBURG / O.R.C. (30 Dec) single circle datestamps. With triangular PASSED / PRESS / CENSOR cachet struck in purple and straight-line ‘P.B.C.’ Hamburg (25 Jan) arrival backstamp. Part of flap missing and the adhesives with some staining, otherwise fine. |
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