An album apparently kept by the mother of a trooper in Pagets Horse containing news cuttings, telegrams, a few official letters and photos including a fine Photo of the ‘Tagus’ transport No. 101; handbill ‘Peace Officially Declared’; and documents concerning trooper A. Holmes including discharge certificates from the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1876, Bechuanaland Mounted Police in 1885, Matabeleland Relief Force in 1896 and Kimberley Light Horse...
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The Martin Lynes Collections of Forces Mail, Postal Mechanisation and Holy Land; British Post Offices Abroad from the Mike Kitson Collection; USA, Canada & West Indies Wreck Mail from the Collection of Robin Gwynn, RDP; Boer War; fine Antarctica; Worldwide Postal History from a retiring dealers stock; KUT Polish Camp Mail; Extensive G.B and Irish Postal History with Registered Mail, Railway Letters, Uniform Penny Post and Irish T.P.Os.
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Lot #360 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Picture postcards including a 1899 patriotic ‘Union Jack’ card franked by G.B 1⁄2d on the picture side, etc. Also a Ceylon 6c postal stationery card from Ragama Camp with Diyatalawa Camp c.d.s and censor cachet, and a censored card to a military chaplain at Dundee regarding books for the hospitals. (18).
Suggested price: £ 120-140
Lot #361 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
1899-1902 Covers and cards (45), stamps and pieces (44) including 1899 cover from G.B to Transvaal with boxed "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED", F.P.O and A.P.O cancels, picture postcards, Ladysmith Siege cards (4, three C.T.O with Ladysmith datestamps), N.Z pictorial postal stationery cards (5), P.O.W mail, Pietersburg stamp issues, cover with scarce scalloped "OV / CENSOR / S" (faults), very mixed condition. (99).
Suggested price: £ 100-150...
Lot #362 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
1900-02 Covers and cards comprising 1900 picture postcard endorsed from the Transport "Kent" with Spain 10c cancelled in London; 1901 cover from A.P.O Volksrust with a fine handpainted and coloured address incorporating flowers; 1900 covers from Commander de Horsey of H.M.S Monarch, serving with the Naval Brigade (3); and a 1902 cover from G.B to a Nurse with the Burgher Camp Department much redirected with various datestamps and cachets...
Lot #363 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
1900 Cover to London endorsed "no other stamp available, on active service" bearing a Spain 10c tied by Field P.O single ring datestamp, and a cover to Scotland with Lourenco Marques 100r and G.B 1d lilac both tied by F.P.O 31 c.d.s. Two unusual frankings. (2).
Suggested price: £ 130-150
Lot #364 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Commando Briefs. 1900 Cover to Bloemfontein bearing a Commando Brief label tied by violet oval "CHARLESTOWN / 9 - FEB. 1900", backstamped at Volksrust, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, light vertical fold, otherwise fine, a scarce and attractive use from Natal. Also a mint stamp and single stamps cancelled at Modder River, Barkly West, Jacobsdal or Spytfontein. (6). Photo on Page 71.
Suggested price: £ 600-800
Lot #365 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Boer Occupation of Zululand. Cover bearing Transvaal 1⁄2d - 1/- with additional 1⁄2d and 1d each C.T.O with the "NQUTU / ZULULAND" c.d.s (Mar 30), and another cover with eight Natal 1d stamps each C.T.O with the c.d.s on 31 March, the final day the town was occupied by the Boers. (18 stamps/cancels on 2 covers).
Suggested price: £ 140-180
Lot #366 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Hospital Ships & Trains. 1900 Cover headed "From Pte H.C. Colmutt, No. 3 Hospital Train, Bloemfontein" to the Isle of Wight, bearing ORC 21⁄2d tied by a Bloemfontein c.d.s, fine and scarce; and 1900 cover with Natal 1d tied "P.O.A / 80" addressed to "538 Pte. J. Wallbank, S.J.A.B, Hospital Ship "Simla", Durban", tear to upper edge and some soiling but scarce. (2).
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #367 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Pictorial Envelopes. 1901 G.B 1d Postal stationery envelopes well illustrated by Sgt. Maslin of the Army Post Office Corps with pen and ink drawings of a dog or of soldiers leading pack mules, both sent to his wife in London with Army Post Office datestamps, unfortunately both a little stained and faded due to having been framed but still an attractive pair. (2).
Suggested price: £ 130-160
Lot #368 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Australian Contingent. 1900 G.B 1d Lettercard to South Australia headed "From Corp. Rowell On Active Service" with Army P.O 55 c.d.s, backstamped at Adelaide and Fulham, the message from the addressees son Tom. Lance-Corp. Thomas Rowell served in the 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #369 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Canada 1901 1c Postal stationery postcard cancelled violet "ROYAL REVIEW / EXHIBITION PARK CAMP / OCT 11 1901 / TORONTO / ARMY POST OFFICE" with oval "ENQUIRY OFFICE / OCT 18 1901 / POST OFFICE, TORONTO", locally addressed, very fine. This A.P.O cancel used on this one day only, for the military review in front of the Duke of Cornwall and York, during which South Africa war medals were presented.
Suggested price: £ 70-80
Lot #370 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Canadian Contingent. 1900 (Jan 17) Cover with "Young Mens Christian Association, / CORRESPONDENCE ROOM: / CANADIAN CONTINGENT, / FOR THE BRITISH ARMY IN SOUTH AFRICA, / HALIFAX, N.S." printed in the upper left corner, posted from Halifax to St. John prior to the departure of the Second Contingent, bearing Imperial Penny Postage 2c, a little toned but unusual. Also an unused postcard of Major Arnold and the Canadian Contingent leaving...
Lot #371 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Ladysmith Siege. 1900 (Feb 8) Stampless cover to India posted during the siege, endorsed "Natal Field Force stamps unobtainable" with Ladysmith c.d.s, circular framed "T" and "5c" both crossed out in blue crayon, Durban and Indian backstamps. Part flap missing, otherwise fine.
Suggested price: £ 60-80
Lot #372 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Ladysmith Siege. 1900 (Jan 29) Stampless O.H.M.S wrapper to England with a Ladysmith c.d.s and two boxed "LADYSMITH, NATAL. / OFFICIAL." handstamps, arrival backstamps (Mar. 25/26). The first example of this official handstamp we have seen on mail posted during the siege, very attractive and unusual.
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #373 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Mafeking Siege. 1900 (Apr 9) Cover with "Dixon & Co" printed on the flap, addressed to "Tpr Everett, Major Godleys Post, Mafeking", bearing Baden Powell 3d deep blue (narrow stamp) well tied by the "MAFEKING / C.G.H" c.d.s. A fine and attractive use of this scarce stamp on cover, sent on the advertised First Day of Issue although examples are now known used from April 6th. Light vertical fold, otherwise superb, an exhibition item. S.G...
Lot #374 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Mafeking Siege. 1900 3d Surcharge on Bechuanaland Protectorate 1d fine used on piece, and 1/- surcharge on British Bechuanaland 4d fine used. S.G. 11, 12, £210. (2).
Suggested price: £ 70-80
Lot #375 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
British P.O.W Mail. 1900 (Jan 11) Stampless cover to Scotland ‘via Delagoa Bay’ endorsed "From Lt. Majendie, Prisoner of War, Pretoria" with a Pretoria c.d.s and violet dated "COMMANDANT GENERAAL" cachet, blue crayon "G" (Gezien), triangular "PASSED PRESS CENSOR" and a red London Paid arrival c.d.s, backstamped at Durban and Edinburgh. Lt Majendie of the Kings Royal Rifles was captured at Dundee on October 20th 1899, the first major...
Lot #376 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Burgher Camps. 1901-02 Censored covers franked 1d with violet oval cachets "BURGHER CAMP / 4 MAR 1902 / BELFAST" or "BURGHER CAMP / 20 JUL. 1901 / KRUGERSDORP", the Krugersdorp cover to a P.O.W in Ceylon, the other cover endorsed "From A.G du Toit, Burgher Camp, Belfast", both fine. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #377 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
Refugee Camps. 1901 Cover to a P.O.W in Bloemfontein, redirected to "Bombay per Mohawk" with triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / SIALKOT", the enclosed letter from a female refugee in Norton Camp; 1901 cover (some staining) from a P.O.W in Ladysmith to the "Boer Women Camp, Hawick" with triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / P OF W" and oval "STAFF OFFICER PRISONERS OF WAR / 4 MAR 1901 / LADYSMITH"; and a document regarding a cheque for Dr J. Hunter with...
Lot #378 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
P.O.W Ships. 1899-1902 Covers addressed to Boer P.O.Ws on various ships, comprising the Mongolian, Bavarian, Hawarden Castle, Roslin Castle, City of Cambridge, Catalonia, Manilla, Kildonan Castle, Armenia or Orient, or from a P.O.W on the Penelope. A scarce group, most very fine. (11).
Suggested price: £ 300-400
Lot #379 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
India - P.O.W Mail. 1901-02 Covers from Bellary to France franked 21⁄2a, or sent to P.O.Ws at Sialkot, Kaity-Nilgiris parole camp, or to a P.O.W ex "Hawarden Castle" and redirected to Ahmednagar, all with camp censor cachets, a few faults. (4).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #380 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
India - P.O.W Mail. Cyclostyled postcard No. 11 "Greetings from the Boer Prisoners of War Camp, Umballa, India" with illustrations of the tented camp, washing sheds, water tanks, and a charging Indian lancer, inscribed "Made by a Prisoner of War", unused, the reverse with oval cachet "CENSOR’S STAMP / PASSED CENSOR / BOER CAMP, DAGSHAI & SOLON" dated "1/5/02" and initialled. A little light staining, attractive and very scarce.
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Lot #381 - forces mail anglo-boer war - 1899-1902
India - P.O.W Mail. 1902 (Apr. 28) 1a Postal stationery cover from Dagshai to South Africa with a fine violet oval "CENSORS STAMP / PASSED CENSOR / BOER CAMP, DAGSHAI & SOLON", transit and arrival backstamps. Closed tear to upper edge through part of the cachet but still an attractive cover.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
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