OTHER BRITISH AFRICA / FOREIGN AFRICA
Aden to Egypt
ANGLO-BOER WAR
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ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899 (31st December), Boer Invasion of the Cape. Envelope addressed to Johannesburg bearing a single OFS 1d purple (SG 68) tied by a COLESBERG / C.G.H. (31 Dec) squared circle datestamp. Johannesburg (8 Jan) arrival backstamp. The envelope neatly opened at top and left. Very fine.
Note: on 14 November 1899 a Boer force of 700 men under the joint command of Chief Comdt ER Grobler and General HJ Schoeman entered Colesberg unopposed. On 1 January 1900 British troops under Maj-Gen John French attacked Boer forces in and around Colesberg. On 20 February the Boers began to retreat from Colesberg, and on 28 February British forces under Maj-Gen RAP Clements marched into the town unopposed. (reference: https://www.colesberginfo.co.za/history.php)
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