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 (31st August), Anglo-Boer War period. Censored registered envelope addressed to England. Bearing a pair of Cape 2½d ultramarine overprinted ‘ORANGE / RIVER / COLONY.’ (SG 133) tied by BLOEMFONTEIN / O.R.C. (31 Aug) single circle datestamps. One stamp additionally tied by a straight-line ‘NPR’ cachet struck in blue with a second strike below. With large ‘R’ in oval registration mark in black and London (20 Sep) arrival backstamp. Central vertical fold, otherwise fine. |
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