BOER WAR
1900 cover to New South Wales franked with GB 1d lilac adhesive, cancelled with the KARREE KLOOF cds Rated RR by Putzel with the double ring F.P.O. cds alongside. The cover is backstamped at Strydenburg, Sydney and Woolahra. A scarce cover from the New South Wales Contingent. £95

 

1900 cover addressed to the Sailing Ship Sierra Miranda, Post Office, Hong Kong. Cancelled with the F.P.O. 27 cds used in the Edenburg area of Orange
River Colony at this time. Backstamped with the Singapore to Hong Kong marine sorter cds and Hong Kong arrival. Only the 2nd recorded Boer War correspondence addressed to Hong Kong. £100

 

1901 stampless cover from a P.O.W. in Ladysmith struck with the triangular cachet in violet, PASSED CENSOR P OF W overstruck with the LADYSMITH cds. Scarce £90

 

1900 March cover addressed to The Castle, Cape Town re-addressed to Stellenbosch franked with Transvaal adhesives cancelled with the KRUGERSDORP
cds. The reverse shows the LOURENCO MARQUES AMBULANT cds in blue and a two line Missent to England / BY NATAL handstamp in violet. Rare.
£190

 

1901 cover to O.R.C. franked with 1d Natal adhesive cancelled with the Ladysmith cds. Front shows the double ring PRISONERS OF WAR / PASSED CENSOR / LADYSMITH cachet in violet. £80

 

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