Number of results: 180
1242
| Sale number: 15 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Aug. 10) Machadodorp 1d. postal stationery card cancelled fine ''P.W.K./ MACHADODORP'' c.d.s. and addressed to a member of the Ben Viljoens Kommando at Lydenburg, scarce. Price Realised £50 |
1243
| Sale number: 15 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900, 1901, selection of four covers and two cards, incl. 1901 covers from Johannesburg to Broad Bottom Camp with ms endorsement ''High Knoll'' and from Klipdam to Deadwood Camp with Kimberley censor, fair to fine. Price Realised £70 |
1244
| Sale number: 15 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (May 8-20), an attractive group of four hand illustrated envelopes with designs of flags, etc., drawn and sent by a Private in the Suffolk Regiment attached to the 1st Telegraph Division of the Royal Engineers to his parents in Norfolk, three being G.B. K.E.VII 1d. stationery (one with added Transvaal 1d.), the other franked G.B. 1d., sent from A.P.O. 103 (2, whilst at Quaggafontein), Krugersdorp (with censor marks) and A.P.O. Pretoria, most interesting contents telling of the Peace Delegates etc., two letters being written on Transvaal telegraph forms. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1245
| Sale number: 15 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Great Britain Army Telegraphs: 1895-1900 1d. (4, incl. a marginal strip), 2d. (2), 3d. pair, 6d. (2), 1/-, 2/6 to £1 and £5 (both with slight surface rubs), mostly fine mint. This issue was available for British forces in Africa, used during the Ashanti campaign and throughout Southern Africa. (16) Price Realised UNSOLD |
1512
| Sale number: 16 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Oct. 29) printed 2nd. Batt., Gordon Highlanders envelope, franked Natal 1d. and sent without countersignature from Ladysmith to Scotland shortly before the start of the Siege, also 1900 incoming cover (opened-out) from Scotland to a gunner at Eshowe with ms. notes explaining delayed arrival and backstamps incl. Nkhandla, 1901 cover from Belle Vue P.O.W. Camp to Deadwood Camp, St. Helena, and 1896 1d. soldier's rate cover to England from a private in the 2nd York & Lancaster regiment at Wynberg. (4 items) Price Realised £120 |
1513
| Sale number: 16 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 Government paper ''South Africa - Return of Numbers of Persons in the Concentration Camps in South Africa, June, 1901'', slight faults, unusual. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1514
| Sale number: 16 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (May 5) autograph letter and cover to his mother in Essex written by the noted and courageous Antarctic explorer Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates (1880-1912) who was later to sacrifice himself in a blizzard to improve the chances of his fellows during Scott's unsuccessful return from the South Pole. The cover franked G.B. 1d. cancelled superb Army Post Office Springfontein c.d.s. and written during Oates recuperation at Springfontein Hospital, having contracted enteric fever after having been wounded in 1901. An important symbolic figure in the history of Antarctic exploration and the British Empire. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1515
| Sale number: 16 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (Aug. 27) printed Declaration of Allegiance document signed at Shahjahanpur by one J.H. Kruger of the O.R.C., with handstamps and scarce cachets incl. Commandant's Office, Boer Camp, Bhimtal and Commandant's Office, Shahjahanpur. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1338
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Oct. 16) Rhodesia 11/2d. International stationery card (creased) from Bulawayo to Scotland, endorsed ''Via Beira'' with interesting message noting ''Rails pulled up & wires cut, no communication with the South.'' Price Realised UNSOLD |
1339
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Nov. 12) telegraph form handed in at Central Telegraph Office, message to Midland Station, Wellington ''Two engagements fought outside Kimberly fourth instant -Boers returned after suffering heavily from Maxims -Mafeking safe Oct 27th''., also p.p.c. of Mafeking relief column. Price Realised £40 |
1340
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900, selection of eleven telegraph forms received by Press Censor at Ladysmith, mainly from other censors, some interesting messages incl. ''Aug 12 Lord Roberts orders to be stopped or contradicted that story as to his and General Buller's jumping at Pretoria''. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1341
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Feb. 2) rare Pigeongram message from Capt. H. Sparks in the besieged town of Ladysmith, addressed to Durban, Bofarrull records only three surviving, this believed to be the only one in private hands. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1342
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Mar. 22) G.B. 1d. stationery envelope addressed to England with added G.B. 1d. and Cape 1d., cancelled fine F.P.O. 36 c.d.s.'s and Base Office Mar. 25; also O.F.S. ''V.R.I.'' 1s. on 1s. (creased) cancelled F.P.O. 1, Mafeking Siege overprint type 1 1d. on Cape 1/2d. (Hope standing), 1d. on Protectorate 1/2d., each on small piece. (4 items) Price Realised UNSOLD |
1343
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Mar. 18) and (Apr.) two envelopes addressed to the Marchioness of Tullibardine (later the socialist Duchess of Atholl) from her husband, the Earl of Tullibardine, Lt. Col. commanding 1st. and 2nd Scottish Horse. The first franked Transvaal ''V.R.I.'' 1d. with F.P.O. cancellation and addressed to the Union Castle Office in Cape Town, redirected to the Mount Nelson Hotel and then to the Bay View Hotel in Muizenberg; the second endorsed ''On Active Service/No stamps available'' and similarly addressed, backstamped Charge Clerk c.d.s. of May 23 and redirected to Durban, onward to Ladysmith where ''1D'' charged and Natal 1d. added (Ladysmith June 18) for further direction to the Marine Hotel, Durban. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1344
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 envelope to Pretoria from P.O.W. at Dahshai in the Punjab, franked India 1a. cancelled Dagshai and with fine ''CENSOR'S STAMP/PASSED CENSOR/BOER CAMP, DAGSHAI & SOLON'' violet oval handstamp at left, backstamped Sept. 8 arrival, a little roughly opened at right but scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1345
| Sale number: 17 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1903 (Dec. 28) late use of Army Telegraph form 295 C, addressed to General George Brand at Smithfield, O.R.C., 32 examples congratulating the General on his marriage. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1829
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Sept. 29) Paris, France to Johannesburg and 1902 (Jan. 26) Klerksdorp, Transvaal to Cape Town, two covers with good to fine purple boxed ''STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER'' and pink censor labels, the second with both Boer and British types. Price Realised £90 |
1830
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Oct.) incoming envelope from France to Pretoria, franked Peace and Commerce 10c., 15c. returned with purple framed ''MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED'' and red R.L.O. Cape Town c.d.s. of Nov. 11; 1900 (Feb. 5) from Oudtshoorn to Delagoa Bay with censor label, violet framed ''STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER'' and both Cape Town and Natal R.L.O. c.d.s.'s. (2 items) Price Realised £95 |
1831
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Oct.) Johannesburg to East London franked 21/2d. showing P.O. seal used for censor resealing (in use Oct. 11-22 only), minor stain; (Oct. 16) envelope Witbank to Lourenço Marques franked 1d. and with pink Boer censor label (early use); 1901 (Jan. 29) envelope to Durban franked ''V.R.I.'' 1d. cancelled large boxed Standerton datestamp in black (smudged due to poor choice of ink). (3 items) Price Realised £100 |
1832
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Oct. 24) incoming envelope from Canada addressed to the Postmaster at Luneburg, Swaziland, franked 5c. cancelled Yarmouth, N.S. duplex and additionally tied by purple framed ''MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED'', backstamped red Cape Town R.L.O. c.d.s. of Jan. 25 1900 and ''D.L.O. CANADA/OTTAWA BRANCH'' c.d.s. of Mar. 19, clean and rare. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
1833
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Oct. 29) printed 2nd. Batt., Gordon Highlanders envelope, franked Natal 1d. and sent without countersignature from Ladysmith to Scotland very shortly before the start of the Siege on Nov. 1. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1834
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Dec. 21) incoming envelope from Madagascar to Durban, franked Nossi-Bé 5c. (damaged) and Diego-Suarez 20c. cancelled at Tanarive, partially covered by pink resealing label, backstamped octagonal Jan. 18 Paquebot and Lourenço Marques Feb. 22 transit datestamps with Feb. 26 arrival. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1835
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Jan.) concessionary rate soldier's letter from a sergeant of the Yorkshire Regiment on board the ''Kildonan Castle'' at Madeira, with violet straight line ''PAQUEBOT'' and franked G.B. 1/2d. cancelled by Southampton Ship Letter c.d.s.'s of Jan. 16 on arrival. Photo. Price Realised £75 |
1836
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Jan. 3) and (Apr.) two stampless covers to England, the first endorsed ''Stamps not obtainable/in Ladysmith'' with town c.d.s. and due markings, the second from a member of the B.S.A.P. with Crocodile Pools Apr. 21 transit. Price Realised £350 |
1837
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Jan. 11) to 1903 (Aug. 8), a correspondence of fourteen covers with contents addressed to Kent by Lieut. Charles Torkington of 1st Battalion, Welsh Regt., all at 1d. rate and variously cancelled incl. F.P.O.'s 14, 17, 19, 29, A.P.O. 55 and Army P.O. A Elandfontein, the first from S.S. Avoca and recording his movements and experiences through South Africa. Although wounded, Lieutenant Torkington survived the campaign only to be later killed in action in May 1915. Price Realised £190 |
1838
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Mar. 9) mourning envelope from Edinburgh, franked 1d. and addressed to a Trooper in Kitchener's Horse, endorsed ''Missing/Depot/Cape Town'', also 1902 (May 9) attractive envelope from Leeds, franked 1/2d., 1d., addressed to a Private in Lord Kitchener's Mess. (2 items) Price Realised UNSOLD |
1839
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Mar. 21) cover from Morgensen, Transvaal to Swakopmund, S.W.A., redirected to Windhoek, franked 1d. pair and with pink censor label (early use), octagonal ''T/5,c.'', etc. Price Realised £50 |
1840
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Mar. 29) envelope from Durban to French volunteer interned as P.O.W. in the Central Gaol at Petermaritzburg, franked 1d., with pink censor label and scarce cachet of French Vice-Consulate in Durban, horizontal fold but unusual. Price Realised £60 |
1841
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (May 18) O.A.S. envelope to London, with ms. endorsement ''no other/stamp/available/On active service'', highly unusually bearing Spain 1889 10c. cancelled by British Army S. Africa F.P.O. c.d.s., backstamped June 8 arrival and with additional ms. note ''With field forces'', possibly unique. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1842
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Aug. 29) Union-Castle envelope endorsed '''C/o Military Governor/Pretoria'' (part covered by pink censor label), franked Cape 1d. pair cancelled by Cape Colony Ocean Post Office c.d.s.'s and with blue rectangular double framed censor cachet, unusual. Photo.zf Price Realised UNSOLD |
1843
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Sept. 7) G.B. 1d. stationery envelope registered to England with added G.B. 1d. (2) and ''V.R.I.'' eight values to 1s. cancelled A.P.O. 50; 1901 (Oct. 18) registered cover from Johannesburg to France, franked ''E.R.I.'' 1/2d. on 2d. and ''V.R.I.'' 6d. overlapped by pink censor label and overstruck by Capt. Ferguson violet oval censor's datestamp. (2 items) Price Realised UNSOLD |
1844
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Sept. 15) O.F.S. ''V.R.I.'' 1/2d. on 1/2d. stationery used to Scotland with added O.R.C. 1/2d., cancelled by superb F.P.O. 1 and F.P.O. B.O. c.d.s.'s respectively, also 1899 (Sept. 6) envelope Bloemfontein registered to Ifafa, Natal, bearing ''V.R.I.'' surcharges to 1s. on 1s. and O.R.C. 2d., very fine. (2 items) Price Realised £50 |
1845
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Sept. 27) attractive registered cover to England franked with G.B. 41/2d. cancelled by large magenta Army Post Office, Volksrust c.d.s., also three soldier's covers (June 12) from Green Point with G.B. 1/2d. pair, (Nov. 24) from F.P.O. 38 with G.B. 1d. and (Nov. 24) 2d. registered envelope from F.P.O. 1 with added G.B. 2d. (4 items). Photo. Price Realised £200 |
1846
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Jan. 14) envelope franked G.B. 1d. cancelled indistinct F.P.O. datestamps, addressed to a passenger on board the S.Y. ''Maria'' at Colombo, redirected twice with Egyptian 2m. and 4m. postage dues affixed on arrival at Cairo and a range of backstamps, faults but full of character. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1847
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Jan. 29) Ceylon 2c. stationery card to the Netherlands with added 2c. (2) cancelled ''THE CAMP'' thimble c.d.s.'s and large Ragama Camp censor oval, the reverse showing most attractive handpainted illustration of a Boer commando at rest. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
1848
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Feb. 18) Ceylon 6c. stationery card unusually to Singapore, neatly cancelled ''THE CAMP'' thimble c.d.s., sent by a P.O.W. at Ragama Camp with censor cachet. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1849
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (June 8) incoming cover from Boer internee in Portugal to Aliwal, North, Cape Colony, franked 5r., 25r. (3), 50r., cancelled at Caldas da Rainha, with white resealing label, superb receiving censor's cachet, part flap missing but most attractive. Ex Griffiths. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
1850
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (June 16) Netherlands Indies 10c. stationery envelope written from Java with added 21/2c. and 121/2c. on 121/2c., to a P.O.W. in Ragama Camp, Ceylon with camp censor's arrival cachet and partly removed resealing label, scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1851
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (July 2) French Indo-China 10c. stationery card written from Saigon to a P.O.W. in Ragama Camp, Ceylon with camp censor's arrival cachet, rare. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1852
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Aug. 22) stampless O.A.S. envelope from Bethlehem, O.R.C. with F.P.O. 2 c.d.s., addressed to I.M. Customs at Shanghai, redirected to Ningpo, transit and arrival backstamps, rare destination. Photo. Price Realised £85 |
1853
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Sept. 25) envelope sent from Dordrecht to Boer internee held at Peniche Camp, Portugal, franked Cape 1d. (3) with Pretoria Press Censor and arrival backstamp of Oct. 29, some faults but scarce. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
1854
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Oct. 2) envelope from Cape Town to Bloemfontein franked 1d., redirected to Paarl with added O.F.S. 1/2d. on 1/2d. pair, slight faults but unusual combination. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1855
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Oct. 29) and (Nov. 21) two covers from Pretoria to the Cape, both with censor label type 7D and censor cachets, the second backed with fine scarce green oval datestamp of the Office of the Loco. Supt., Imperial Military Railways, Pretoria. Price Realised £75 |
1856
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Oct. 29) Natal 4d. registered envelope with added 1d. pair, used from Point to the troopship ''Armenian'' at Durban with instructions for forwarding if departed, pink censor label and Boer Camp Trichinopoly censor cachet. Price Realised £100 |
1857
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Nov. 6) envelope from Hong Kong with 2c., 4c. pair (all with faults) addressed to R.M.M. Davy of the 1st Gloucester Regiment at Military H.Q. in Cape Town, endorsed ''Prisoner of War P.M.G.'' and showing fine strike of the rare cachet of U.S. Consulate in Pretoria, Davy having been captured at Nicholsons Nek, flap missing. Ex Griffiths. Photo. Price Realised £240 |
1858
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Nov. 10) p.p.c. to Chinde, Portuguese East Africa, written from Ragama Camp, Ceylon and franked 6c. cancelled Camp thimble c.d.s., large Camp censor cachet at left, Aden transit and Chinde arival datestamps. Photo. Price Realised £65 |
1859
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Nov. 11) Cape 1/2d. stationery card uprated with added 1/2d. and used from Beaufort West unusually to Barbados, with red Press Censor datestamp and fine Dec. 23 arrival. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1860
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Nov. 12) incoming registered cover from Lucca, Italy to Johannesburg, franked 25c. (2) partially covered by pink resealing label, with red London transit and fine strike of oval ''F.A. JONES Lieut.'' receiving censor cachet, scarce and attractive. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1861
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Nov. 21) long blue O.H.M.S. envelope, amended to ''Active'' Service, addressed to England from Pte. Clayton, attached to 1st Div. T.B.R.E. at RooiBraai, franked G.B. 1d. (2) cancelled F.P.O. 11, enclosing charming hand-drawn illustration of the ''Telegraph Tent'' with seasonal greetings, message written on reverse of pink Transvaal Telegraphs form T.8, also (Oct. 17) cover with contents to Clayton from a friend at B Post near Wakkerstroom, franked 1d. cancelled Natal Field Force octagonal datestamp, full of character. (5 items) Price Realised £140 |
1862
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Dec. 7) rare incoming Romanian 10b.+10b. stationery reply card from Bucharest to Ragama Camp, Ceylon, with Camp Dec. 28 arrival and censor cachet. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
1863
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Dec. 11) incoming envelope from Windhoek to Cape Town, franked German S.W.A. 20pf., with triangular Boer Press Censor cachet, a few trivial tone spots. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1864
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Dec. 27) incoming 10l. (with embossed 10L.) p.p.c. from Greece to Ragama Camp, Ceylon with Jan. 23 Camp arrival datestamp and censor cachet. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1865
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (June) incoming stationery envelope from Pera, Persia with added 2pi., addressed to Krugersdorp with Johannesburg Press Censor arrival. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1866
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (Jan. 10) Z.A.R. 1/2d. stationery card with added ''V.R.I.'' 1d. (4) from Johannesburg to Borneo showing ''N.I. AGENT SINGAPORE/22/2/1902'' squared circle transit. Photo. Price Realised £80 |
1867
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (Jan. 22) mourning envelope underpaid to the Netherlands with ''E.R.I.'' 1d. (2), with fine Burgher Camp, Belfast oval datestamp and Dutch 5c. postage due at left. Photo. Price Realised £80 |
1868
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (Jan. 24) envelope from Eshowe, Zululand to Pietermaritzburg with blue receiving Censor's datestamp and rare three line ''GOVERNOR/CENTRAL GAOL/ESHOWE'' handstamp at lower left. Price Realised £110 |
1869
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (Mar.) registered cover from Warsaw, Poland franked Russian 10k. (2) on reverse and addressed to a P.O.W. in Ragama Camp, Ceylon, forwarded to Hambantota with fine strike of violet double ring oval censor's cachet, faults but rare. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
1870
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (Apr. 2) exceptionally petite envelope with enclosure sent from Johannesburg to Pretoria, franked ''E.R.I.'' 1d. and with press censor marks. Delightful. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1871
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (Apr. 29) underpaid envelope to Cairo, franked Cape 1d. cancelled Uitenhage squared circle with fair town censor cachet below, Egyptian 1m. and 2m. postage dues cancelled on arrival. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1872
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (May) rare registered cover incoming to Ragama Camp, Ceylon, from Athens, Greece, franked 25L. pair partially covered by pink resealing label, with transit and June 8 arrival backstamps. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
1873
| Sale number: 18 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (June 21) envelope from Eshowe, Zululand to Port Shepstone, Natal, franked Natal 1d. partially covered by orange resealing label tied by boxed purple ''P.B.C. DURBAN'' and with scarce arrival backstamp, some doodles but unusual. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2051
| Sale number: 21 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1899 (Oct. 29) printed 2nd. Batt., Gordon Highlanders envelope, franked Natal 1d. and sent without countersignature from Ladysmith to Scotland very shortly before the start of the Siege on Nov. 1. Price Realised £50 |
2052
| Sale number: 21 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900-02 selection of seven covers and cards incl. 1902 registered and censored envelope to a P.O.W. in Saint Helena and three 1d. stationery reply cards from P.O.W.'s in Saint Helena, two are with censor markings, etc. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2053
| Sale number: 21 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Mar. 9) mourning envelope from Edinburgh, franked 1d. and addressed to a Trooper in Kitchener's Horse, endorsed ''Missing/Depot/Cape Town'', also 1902 (May 9) attractive envelope from Leeds, franked 1/2d., 1d., addressed to a Private in Lord Kitchener's Mess. (2 items) Price Realised UNSOLD |
2054
| Sale number: 21 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Aug. 29) Union-Castle envelope endorsed '''C/o Military Governor/Pretoria'' (part covered by pink censor label), franked Cape 1d. pair cancelled by Cape Colony Ocean Post Office c.d.s.'s and with blue rectangular double framed censor cachet, unusual. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2055
| Sale number: 21 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Sept. 7) G.B. 1d. stationery envelope registered to England with added G.B. 1d. (2) and ''V.R.I.'' eight values to 1s. cancelled A.P.O. 50; 1901 (Oct. 18) registered cover from Johannesburg to France, franked ''E.R.I.'' 1/2d. on 2d. and ''V.R.I.'' 6d. overlapped by pink censor label and overstruck by Capt. Ferguson violet oval censor's datestamp. (2 items) Price Realised UNSOLD |
1715
| Sale number: 23 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: A selection of covers and cards, with 1899 (Dec. 21) Vryburg to Johannesburg, 1900 (Aug. 19) A.P.O. Volksrust to Pietermaritzburg, range of censor labels and marks, incl. Green Point camp (2), Krugersdorp (3 different), incl. incoming mail from Italy, Lourenço Marques (4), Malta, etc., mainly good to fine. (21 items) Price Realised £160 |
1716
| Sale number: 23 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: A unique set of documents issued to Pierre Stephan, comprising Bijzondere Lastgeving bearing Z.A.R. 1s.6d. cancelled by one of two strikes of Pretoria violet oval cachet, Brieven Van Vol Stemrecht, ''De Volksstem'' correspondent's pass signed by the editor, and Transvaal Red Cross bilingual membership certificate (2, one issued to Mrs. M. Stephan-Hollenbach), one with Commandant-General's cachet in purple. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1717
| Sale number: 23 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: A collection of covers and cards, etc. in one album, with 1900 (Feb. 28) 1d. card cancelled three line PK Newcastle with Veldpost Glencoe previous day datestamp at left, Siege of Ladysmith cards (4, one used 1900 (Mar. 1) to Pietermaritzburg), P.O.W. mail incoming and outward with Abbotabad, Aliwal North, Belle View, Bermuda (2), Green Point, to England, Hambantota 1902 (July 16) to England, St. Helena with 1900 (July 4) locally used card, two p.p.c.'s autographed P.A. Cronje, Sialkot, Trichinopoly, etc., also 3 items of literature, poor to fine. Price Realised £600 |
1718
| Sale number: 23 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Feb. 25) 10pf. stationery card from Konstanz, Germany, addressed to General Piet Cronje via Kimberley with Pretoria and Durban transits, further directed by ms. ''Prisoner of War/Cape Town'', the general having surrendered to the British on February 27th at Paardeberg. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1719
| Sale number: 23 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Nov.) Z.A.R. Red Cross In Dienst printed envelope used to Ladybrand, O.R.C., probably containing names of P.O.W.'s and with three line violet cachet of Pretoria Identiteits-Dept., backstamped Bloemfontein Nov. 27 transit and Dec. 2 arrival, some faults but very unusual. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1720
| Sale number: 23 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (July 10) cover to Durban, franked Natal 1d., cancelled large blue Modder Spruit c.d.s., slight staining, also 1900 (Jan. 31) open letter from Ficksburg to Durban with cachet of O.F.S. Postmaster General. (2 items) Price Realised UNSOLD |
3518
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: Five covers incoming to Diyatalawa Camp, with a range of censor marks comprising 1900 (Dec. 3) from Paarl with large oval Camp censor cachet, 1901 (May 22) from Belle Vue Camp in the Cape with outgoing censor, (July 25) from Winburg with scarce straight line ''PR. OF WAR'' and blue ''N P R'', (July 27) from Ladysmith with ''F.R.N.F.''(Findlay)'s cachet, 1902 (Mar. 17) from Lausanne with censor ''E.J.B.''(Baumann)'s cachet and redirected to Kandy, some imperfections. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3519
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: Undated Ceylon 2c. stationery card to a P.O.W. in Dyatalawa camp from a prisoner at Mount Lavinia Convalescent Camp (located on the coast about seven miles south of Colombo, its mail handled via Diyatalawa), cancelled by large violet oval Camp Censor cachet, scarce. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3520
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: 1901 (Apr. 16) Ceylon 10c. registered envelope with added 12c. pair, 16c., cancelled Diyatalawa thimbles, to Germany with large violet oval Camp Censor cachet, backstamped May 8 arrival. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3521
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: Diyatalawa Camp, 1901 (Aug. 4) cover from Pretoria franked ''E.R.I.'' 1d. pair, marked ''Personal'' addressed to F.R.N. Findlay, camp censor with very fine strike of Findlay's own personal cachet as well as large violet oval Camp Censor; 1901 (Oct. 6) 2c. stationery letter card from Colombo to Diyatalawa with very fine ''E.J.B.'' censor's cachet of E.J. Baumann, redirected to Hambantota Camp with Oct. 9 arrival backstamp. (2 items) Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3522
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: Hambantota Camp, two incoming items, the first 1901 (Dec. 9) from Maraisburg, Cape, with receiving thimble c.d.s., the second 1902 (Apr. 7) from Johannesburg with fair backstamped arrival. Price Realised £50 |
3523
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: Ragama Camp, three stationery cards from internees, 1901 (Apr. 1) German 10pf. card to Berlin cancelled Ragama Camp c.d.s., (Aug. 27) Ceylon 2c. card with added 5c. to Delft, both with large Diyatalawa oval, (Dec. 17) 6c. card to a fellow P.O.W. at Ahmednagar Camp, cancelled fine Ragama Camp thimble, and showing faint large oval censor overstruck by O'Dowd of Ahmednagar's receiving cachet. Price Realised £200 |
3524
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: Ragama Camp, two incoming items: 1901 (June 10) p.p.c. incoming from Amsterdam and ''Times of Ceylon'' 2c. stationery wrapper, indistinctly cancelled, both with fair strike of large violet oval Camp Censor cachet, the former with Deutsche Seepost transit c.d.s. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3525
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: 1901 (Aug. 31) p.p.c. to France from a French internee in Ragama Camp, franked 2c. (3) cancelled by camp thimble and with large violet oval Camp Censor at left overstruck by Colombo transit c.d.s. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3526
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Ahmednagar Camp, 1901-02, four incoming items, one from Green Point Camp with oval receiving cachet of camp censor, C.E. Nixon, another with circular cachet of W. Harris, and two with oval cachet of B.P. O'Dowd. Price Realised £85 |
3527
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Dagshai Camp, 1902 (Apr. 29) to Spandau, Germany, franked 1/2a. (2) cancelled fine Dagshai c.d.s.'s with very fine oval ''CENSOR'S STAMP/PASSED CENSOR/BOER CAMP, DAGSHAI & SOLON.'' in violet in use between Apr. 24 and May 5 only. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
3528
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Dagshai Camp, 1902 (June 12) cover to Switzerland, franked 3p., 1/2a. and 2a., cancelled Dagshai and with fine scroll type R.W. van der Hoven violet censor cachet in use for less than two months, attractive. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
3529
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Kaity-Nilgiris Camp, 1902, three items, comprising (June 12) front to fellow P.O.W. in Trichinopoly Camp, franked 1/2a., (July 16) postcard to Holland franked 1a., with Sea Post Office transit c.d.s., both with curved corner framed cachet of camp censor of M. Grant, and unusual unstamped cover (torn corner) from Standerton to a Boer P.O.W. on board the T.S.S. Bar Castle at Durban and redirected receiving censor cachets of Trichinopoly, Nilgiris and very scarce framed cachet ''NOT AT/KAITY,-NILGIRIS''. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
3530
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Sialkot Camp, 1902, three covers, each with black triangular ''PASSED/CENSOR/SIALKOT'', one outgoing to Paardenburg franked 1/2a. (2), two incoming, one (faults) firstly to Bombay, readdressed to Ahmednagar and then Sialkot, resealed by plain label endorsed ''Ontvagen/ 15/2/02''. Ex Griffith. Price Realised £130 |
3531
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Trichinopoly Camp, 1901 (Nov. 1) postcard to Johannesburg, underfranked by 1/2a. cancelled Trichinopoly with curved corner framed cachet of camp censor T.L. Thorne (the only censor to work in both Ceylon and India). Price Realised £70 |
3532
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Trichinopoly Camp, 1902 (Jan. 20) much travelled cover franked 1d., from Bloemfontein to Ladysmith, redirected to P.O.W. transport ship ''Tagus'', thence to Bellary Camp with Leon J. Gabriel's oval censor's cachet, then to Trichinopoly, finally arriving May 24 and receiving double circle ''CENSOR'S OFFICE/BOER/CAMP/TRICHINOPOLY'' cachet (believed latest known date of use). Photo. Price Realised £95 |
3533
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: Umballa Camp, 1902 (Feb. 22) envelope to a P.O.W. at Diyatalawa Camp, franked 1/2a. (2) cancelled Umballa c.d.s.'s and with large blue triangular C.Van der Spuy Umballa censor cachet, in use Feb. 19 to May 21 only, some faults. Price Realised £85 |
3534
| Sale number: 25 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in India: 1902, two intercamp items, one from Kraai River concentration camp to Ahmednagar with partial fancy framed receiving camp censor, redirected to Satara with May 3 arrival backstamp; another from Standerton Burgher Camp to Colombo, redirected via transport ship ''Aurania'' to Shahjanpur with fancy framed red despatch censor's cachet and May 3 receiving backstamp. Price Realised £100 |
3644
| Sale number: 28 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902 an interesting oldtime accumulation of covers and cards (approx. 160) incl. Official mail, stationery, P.O.W., censored mail, range of cachets, range of frankings incl. G.B. Q.V. 41/2d., cachets and cancels, also a quntity of unpublished photographs, various documents incl. Passes, receipts, letters with historical interest, etc. Price Realised £660 |
1331
| Sale number: 31 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 locally addressed envelope, franked by Army Official 1/2d. vermilion, tied by violet two line ''LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE/Feb. 28th 1900''. Price Realised £130 |
1332
| Sale number: 31 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: Camps in Ceylon: Envelope, wrapper and three cards from Dyatalawa Camp and six covers and card addressed to Dyatalawa (one is to Ragama Camp), range of cachets, etc. (12 items). Price Realised £230 |
1333
| Sale number: 31 South Africa: South African War: 1901 stampless O.A.S. envelope from a member of the New Zealand Contingent, addressed to Otago, endorsed ''On Active Service in South Africa'' with ''F.P.O. 23 (Leeuwfontein) c.d.s., trooper's endorsement. Price Realised £70 |
3397
| Sale number: 35 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Jan. 30) stampless O.A.S. envelope from Spitzkop bearing APO c.d.s., with original letter relating to the last battle on Spionkop, slightly stained and grubby but a most interesting lot. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3398
| Sale number: 35 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1902 (July 19) Notice with rare violet oval ''COMMANDANT'S/BOER CAMP. BHIMTAL'' (scarcest of the overseas Camps), signed by the Camp Commandant, contents regard the P.O.W's need to sign the Oath of Allegiance, rare. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
4901
| Sale number: 38 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: A selection of P.O.W. mail, incl. Camps with Belle Vue, Green Point, mail to and from St. Helena, Ships, range of censor marks, cachets, also four books, etc. (40 items). Price Realised £1050 |
4902
| Sale number: 38 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1901 (Jan. 25) five printed patriotic envelopes (unaddressed), depicting ''Humpty Dumpty'', ''Hold the fort for I am coming'', ''Carving something on a rock'', ''The Assembly'' and ''Wiping something off the slate'', good to fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1330
| Sale number: 40 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902 selection of covers (2), cards (2) and two fronts, incl. 1902 (March 20) registered envelope to P.O.W. in Bermuda, franked by Transvaal 1900 21/2d. (2) tied by boxed Pretoria registered datestamp, 1902 (Jan 29) Bermuda 1d. stationery card from P.O.W. addressed to South Africa, etc., poor to good. (7 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |
846
| Sale number: 46 South Africa: Orange Free State: 1899 Military Frank Stamp used on 1900 (Jan. 27) envelope to Bloemfontein, some faults. Photo. Price Realised £480 |
847
| Sale number: 46 South Africa: South African War 1899-1902: 1900 (Feb. 2) Natal patriotic postcard to Durban (small thin) cancelled by ''LADYSMITH'' c.d.s., also unaddressed envelope franked by Natal 1882-89 1d. tied by ''LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE/Feb. 28th 1900'' and ''LADYSMITH'' c.d.s. Price Realised UNSOLD |
