| AM1220 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1899 (31st December), Anglo Boer War Period, 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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£125 |
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| O701 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1901 (18th July), Anglo-Boer War period. Printed complete newspaper wrapper for ‘THE BLOEMFONTEIN POST.’ Addressed to ‘Garrison Soldiers Home / Winburg’ and franked with a single Cape ½d green overprinted for ORC (SG 133) tied by a FIELD POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY S. AFRICA (18 Jul) double circle datestamp. Unusual. |
£85 |
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| O703 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1905 (22nd August), envelope with printed details of sender at top, addressed to Lindley, O.R.C. Bearing a single KEVII ½d yellow-green (SG 139) tied by a BLOEMFONTEIN / O.R.C. (22 Aug) double circle datestamp. Lindley (24 Aug) arrival backstamp. Flap with printed ‘C.W. Champion, / General Merchant, / Bloemfontain.’ The envelope was sent at the unsealed ½d letter rate. |
£45 |
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| O704 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1905 (4th November), envelope addressed simply to ‘S. Lange’ without a town name. Subsequently with ‘TRY Lindley’ added in red manuscript. Bearing a single KEVII ½d yellow-green (SG 139) tied by a KROONSTAD / O.R.C. (4 Nov) double circle datestamp. The envelope eventually reached Lindley 19 days after posting where it received an arrival backstamp on the 23rd November. The envelope was sent at the unsealed ½d letter rate. |
£45 |
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| O702 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1908 (May), envelope containing a printed wedding invitation. Addressed to Heilbron, bearing a single KEVII ½d yellow-green (SG 148) tied by a ‘16’ in triangle. With Heilbron 12 May) arrival backstamp. The envelope was sent at the unsealed ½d letter rate. Charming and very scarce.
Note: in Volume 1 of Postmarks of South Africa by Ralph Putzel, it is stated on page 28: ‘Triangular Numerals: used only on ½d postage stamps, they are thought to have been a cheap rate obliterator (between 1 and 60). Few have so far been identified.’
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£125 |
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