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South Africa<br />
1413 <br />
Boer War<br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, 1900 (Feb. 9) “On Her Majestys<br />
Ser vice” printed en ve lope, over writ ten “op. Com mando<br />
Dienst” to Elandsfontein, show ing “Colesberg/C.G.H.” squared<br />
cir cle de par ture d.s., with “Jo han nes burg/Z.A.R.” and<br />
Germiston/Z.A.R.” c.d.s. on re verse, un usual Boer us age of<br />
cap tured en ve lope and or i gin datestamp by a Boer sol dier<br />
(Photo).<br />
Est. 100 - 120 CHF.<br />
100 CHF<br />
1414 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, 1900 (Mar. 12) “Veld Dienst” en -<br />
ve lope to Aliwal Noord, show ing “Veld-Post/G.F. Fleischer,/12<br />
Mrt. 1900/Duitsch & Jo han nes burg/Com man dos” c.d.s. in blue<br />
and “Dundee/Na tal” or i gin c.d.s., with “Jo han nes burg/Z.A.R.”<br />
c.d.s. (11.3) on re verse, Very Fine (Photo).<br />
Est. 500 - 600 CHF.<br />
500 CHF<br />
1415 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, 1900 (May 2) en ve lope ad -<br />
dressed to the Mafeking Ho tel, bear ing Good year 1d.,<br />
cancelled by “Mafeking/C.G.H.” c.d.s., stamp has de fec tive cor -<br />
ner at top right, scarce us age. SG 18 (Photo).<br />
Est. 1 200 - 1 500 CHF.<br />
1,200 CHF<br />
1416 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Aus tra lian Con tin gent, 1900<br />
(Aug. 19) en ve lope to Syd ney (20.9), en dorsed “From F.W.<br />
Pentlin. S.Sgt., N.S.W. Army Med i cal Corps” bear ing New<br />
South Wales ½d. blue-green (2), cancelled by “Army P.O. 55/S.<br />
Af rica” c.d.s. (21.8), Fine, Ex Bill Hart, a rare us age (Photo).<br />
Est. 500 - 600 CHF.<br />
500 CHF<br />
1417 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Ca na dian Con tin gent, 1899 (6<br />
Dec.) Cape of Good Hope 1d. let ter card, to Hull, Que., Can -<br />
ada (13.1.00) via Ot tawa (13.1.00), cancelled by “De<br />
Aar/C.G.H.” c.d.s., with in ter est ing con tent :”We are now en -<br />
camped at De Aar the head quar ters of the troops and base of<br />
sup plies…await ing for or ders to pro ceed to Kimberely and have<br />
a hand in the fight. The day be fore we came here the bat tle of<br />
Moddy River was fought. We met two hos pi tal trains loaded with<br />
wounded men there was 200 wounded and 64 killed on the Brit -<br />
ish side and about 6 hun dred on the Boer side.” A graphic early<br />
let ter from a mem ber of the Ca na dian Con tin gent, the first of<br />
which had only ar rived at the Cape on 30 No vem ber 1899<br />
(Photo).<br />
Est. 200 - 250 CHF.<br />
200 CHF<br />
1418 <br />
Start CHF<br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Ca na dian Con tin gent, 1900<br />
(Mar. 23) un franked sol diers en ve lope, to Kingston, On tario<br />
(28.4) via Lon don, Eng land (16.4) en dorsed “Gr. Thomas A.<br />
Gillen, C Bat tery, R.C.A.”, show ing “Ca na dian Con tin -<br />
gent/South Af rica” oval d.s. in red and “Field Post Of fice,<br />
B.O./Brit ish Army, S. Af rica” c.d.s. (Mar.), coun ter signed by the<br />
Com mand ing Of fi cer, Fine (Photo).<br />
Est. 350 - 400 CHF.<br />
350 CHF<br />
1419 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Ca na dian Con tin gent, 1900<br />
(Oct. 11) of fi cial en ve lope to Ot tawa (11.10), show ing on re -<br />
verse “D. Bat tery/No.358/Date 11/10/00/Royal Ca na dian Ar til -<br />
lery” oval send ers d.s. in vi o let, and on front “Ca na dian<br />
Con tin gent/South Af rica” oval d.s. (17.10) in vi o let, with “V.R.I.”<br />
1d., Can ada 2c. and Great Brit ain 1d., cancelled by c.d.s., slight<br />
crum pling, Fine (Photo).<br />
Est. 300 - 400 CHF.<br />
300 CHF<br />
1420 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Ca na dian Con tin gent, 1900<br />
(Oct 24) “On Ac tive Ser vice, Stamps not avail able” sol diers<br />
en ve lope, to Bryson, Can ada (26.11) with send ers en dorse -<br />
ment “From Gun ner L.J. Le Roy, No. 253, D Bat tery R.C.F.A.”,<br />
show ing “Army P.O. 55/S. Af rica” or i gin c.d.s., “Ca na dian Con -<br />
tin gent/South Af rica” oval d.s. (31.10) in vi o let, and “Mon-<br />
treal/Free” c.d.s. (26.11), Fine (Photo).<br />
Est. 300 - 400 CHF.<br />
300 CHF<br />
1421 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, In com ing Mail, 1901 (July 11)<br />
reg is tered en ve lope from San Fran cisco, to a Boer Pris oner<br />
of War at Ragama Camp, Cey lon bear ing U.S. 5c. and 8c.,<br />
cancelled in pur ple, match ing San Fran cisco reg is tra tion d.s.,<br />
New York Ex change Of fice reg is tra tion la bel, “Paris<br />
Etranger/…Chargements” tran sit c.d.s. (26.7), with “Co-<br />
lombo/Regis…” and “Ragama Camp” ar rival c.d.s. (21.8) on re -<br />
verse, cen sored with “E./Crown/R./Opened un der Mar tial Law”<br />
la bel and “Passed Cen sor P.O.W./Diyatalawa/E.J.B.” oval h.s.<br />
in vi o let, ver ti cal fil ing fold, Fine, a very rare us age from the<br />
United States (Photo).<br />
Est. 3 000 - 3 500 CHF.<br />
3,000 CHF<br />
1422 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Mail to Eng land, 1899 (1 Dec.)<br />
en ve lope to New cas tle on Tyne, bear ing Transvaal ½d. (3)<br />
and 1d. (de fec tive cor ner), cancelled by “Jo han nes burg/Z.A.R.”<br />
c.d.s., cov ered by “Postdepartement, Z.A. Republiek/Geopend<br />
onder Krijgswert.” printed black on pink la bel, scarce use of<br />
Boer cen sor la bel (Photo).<br />
Est. 100 - 150 CHF.<br />
100 CHF<br />
1423 <br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Mail to Eng land, 1902 (Jan 20)<br />
reg is tered cover from Potchefstroom, franked with 8 dif fer -<br />
ent "V.R.I." and "E.R.I." over prints, vi o let Jo han nes burg cen sor<br />
handstamp, Fine (Photo).<br />
Est. 120 - 150 CHF.<br />
120 CHF<br />
1424 <br />
Start CHF<br />
SOUTH AFRICA: Boer War, Mail to USA, 1901 (7 Nov.) “Con-<br />
sular Ser vice, U.S.A.” reg is tered cen sored en ve lope, with<br />
cor ner card, ad dressed to Chi cago (9.12) via Lon don (30.11),<br />
show ing “Con sul ate of the United States of Amer ica to the<br />
S.A.R./Pre to ria/Ea gle” oval ca chet in vi o let and bear ing “E.R.I.”<br />
1d. strip of three and sin gle and “V.R.I.” 2½d. ver ti cal pair,<br />
cancelled by “Reg is tered/Pre to ria” framed d.s. (Photo).<br />
Est. 150 - 200 CHF.<br />
150 CHF<br />
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