1621

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1899-1901 selection of covers, some to P.O.W.’s, incl. seals with Boer type 1 on 1899 (Oct. 16) cover from Johannesburg, blue paper provisonals from Southern zone, ms. marks with Bloemfontein blue crayon, framed “STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER” (2), town censors incl. Boshof, Bultfontein ms., Thaba’Nchu, Wepener, District Commissioners and Assistants, Resident Magistrates, 1901 Heidelberg to Diyatalawa with threatening annotation from censor, etc., mainly good to fine. (28 covers)

Price Realised £350

1622

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1899 (Oct. 20, Oct. 23) 1d. and 1/2d. postal stationery cards, both showing early blue crayon marks added in Bloemfontein, the first from Senekal to Germany uprated by 2d. and with comments on the censorship situation, the second (corner crease) from Ventersdorp to London. (2 cards)

Price Realised UNSOLD

1623

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1899 (Nov. 2) 1d. orange stationery card used from Vrede to Scotland with fine (for these) strike of very scarce circular “Kantoor van den Postmeester Generaal/O.V. Staat” cachet in blue, Bloemfontein Nov. 6, Pretoria Nov. 9 and Durban Nov. 27 transit datestamps. Photo.

Price Realised £250

1624

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1899 (Nov. 13) envelope from Ficksburg to Cape Town via Delagoa Bay, franked 1d. (3) and censored at Bloemfontein with very scarce circular “Kantoor van den Postmeester Generaal/O.V. Staat” cachet in blue, believed to be the clearest and most complete example known, also type 1B provisional seal of Durban, the only recorded cover showing this combination. Ex Griffith. Photo.

Price Realised £420

1625

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1899 (Nov. 14) to 1900 (Mar. 7), six covers variously addressed showing oval censor cachet “POSTMEESTER GENERAAL/ORANJE-VRY STAAT” in blue or black, two with seals applied in Durban (one with Arms inverted), one to Germany franked 21/2 on 3d. and with Smaldeel Station oval datestamp on reverse. Photo.

Price Realised £400

1626

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1900-02, mail to Boer Prisoners of War, an interesting selection of items well written-up on leaves, addressed to men from a range of units at various camps, incl. Thaba’Nchu to temporary holding camp at Orange River Station, P.O.W. Ships, Ahmednagar (2), censor marks incl. two with large “LANDDROST KANTOOR/PHILIPPOLIS”, another rejected by Green Point Camp censor, etc., fair to fine. (49)

Price Realised £780

1627

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1900 (Apr. 15/16) envelope to Rotterdam, bearing Cape 1d. cancelled by the very scarce fancy straight line “Norval’s Pont” in violet, endorsed “per first Homegoing mail steamer via Cape Town”, sent from Philippolis and carried by hand to the Cape, backstamped May 2 arrival, underpaid but accepted without apparent charge. Photo.

Price Realised £300

1628

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1900 (June 25) and (Nov. 1) two envelopes from Hoopstad, the first to Cape Town showing censoring officer’s initials on reverse “D.G./3rd SWB” (South Wales Borderers), the second to Bloemfontein with three line handstamp “A.C. Richards, Captain/DIST. COMMISSIONER,/HOOPSTAD.” (2 covers)

Price Realised UNSOLD

1629

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1900-02, selection of eight covers from Ladybrand, two to Belle Vue and Deadwood P.O.W. camps showing “HHJ” censor’s initials, three with Resident Magistrate’s Office oval and ms. endorsements and three with oval “PASSSED CENSOR/LADYBRAND”. (8 covers)

Price Realised £60

1630

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1900 (Aug. 31) to Green Point Camp, 1901 (Feb. 13) registered to Oxford, prior to withdrawal of British Garrison, and (Sept. 21) to Cathcart (soiled), three covers from Jacobsdal with fine strikes of violet “CENSOR/O.R.C./JACOBSDAL.” cachet. (3 covers)

Price Realised UNSOLD

1631

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1900-02, selection of eight covers from Harrismith, variously addressed and censored incl. straight line and double oval “PASSED CENSOR”, and 1902 (May 23) to Tin Town Camp with scarce double oval Passed Press Censor datestamp in blue.

Price Realised £80

1632

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1901 (Mar. 9) to Exeter, England and (Apr. 30) to Cape Town, two envelopes from Heilbron showing violet straight line “Passed Censor” (with inverted second “s” in “Passed”), the first with handstamped initials “LAD”, the second “H.P.Y.” and additionally with ms. “NNP”, slight cover faults. (2 covers)

Price Realised UNSOLD

1633

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1901, 1902, selection of seventeen covers from Kroonstad, variously addressed with a range of censor markings incl. straight line “PASSED CENSOR” with initials “CEB”, (2, one Mar. 23 with missing “R”), “HEP” (2), “RBC” (2), three line “RB” cachet (3), two line dated “CW” (3), triangular (3) and double oval (2) types. (17 covers)

Price Realised £140

1634

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1901, 1902, ten covers or cards from Edenburg variously addressed and showing a range of censor markings incl. “CGW/CENSOR” with ms. note on resealing label “opened under marshal law”, ‘dots’, later straight lines in different colours, etc., varied condition. (10 items)

Price Realised £110

1635

Sale number: 67

South Africa: Orange Free State: Anglo-Boer War: Censorship: 1901 (Aug. 6) and (Aug. 9) envelopes from Brandfort, both unusually showing ms. note on flap “Has not been/censored/JG” known only betweeen Aug. 5 and 11. Both franked “V.R.I.” 1d. on 1d. and addressed to P.O.W.’s at Green Point Camp with arrival censor cachet. (2 covers)

Price Realised £120