South Africa - Anglo-Boer War continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 3245 |
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 NEWCASTLE NATAL DE 27 British style cds (year date illegible)
ties Transvaal 1d on envelope addressed to Durban, cover with backflap missing, Fine
(Image1) |
50-75
SOLD for $30.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:00 PM |
| 3246 |
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 P.K. NEWCASTLE 24 10 well struck violet straight-line cancel
on unfranked envelope addressed to Holland, Netherlands 25c postage due affixed and tied by Bussum 27 Nov 99 cds, ms. "Veldpost", backstamped Pretoria 26 Oct 99 plus lightly struck Dutch transit and arrival cancels, open three sides and just less
than half way across the top, bit reduced at left, back side with edge break into backflap, still Fine, one of the scarcer Newcastle provisional markings (Image 2) (Image1) |
150-200
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:00 PM |
| 3247 |
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 P,K, NewCastle / *Z.A.R.* / 27 DEC 1899. violet 3-line cancel
on unfranked envelope addressed to Bloemfontein, ms. "Veld Dienst", backstamped Johannesburg 29 Dec and Bloemfontein 30 DE, Very Fine (Image 2) (Image1) |
75-100
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:02 PM |
| 3248 |
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 PK / New Castle / 2 Maart 1900, two strikes in violet tie
Transvaal 1d, 2d (2) to censored registered envelope addressed to Johannesburg, Boer censor tape at left, ms. registry markings, backstamped Johannesburg 5 Mrt 00, open at right and about half-way along the bottom, a bit of light wrinkling, 1d stamp
with corner off due to placement, Fine, registered covers of this period are quite elusive, (Image 2) (Image1) |
150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:03 PM |
| 3249 |
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 Veldpost, ZAR / New Castle, / 17. April 1900 violet 3-line
cancel ties Transvaal 1d on homemade wrapper fashioned from portion of a "Standard News Agency" piece with a Johannesburg 9 Apr 00 cancel, addressed to Germany, expected bit of postal wear, Fine and unusual (Image1) |
100-150
SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:03 PM |
| 3250 |
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 NQUTU ZULULAND 22 FE 00 barely legible cds on unfranked
envelope addressed to Paardekop with a 19 Apr 00 receiving cancel on face, ms. "Velddienst", couple partial backstamps (due to missing backflap) plus a full British type Dundee Natal FE 23 cancel, bit worn and with a central vertical fold,
FinernNqutu was the only occupied town in Zululand which at the time was a district of Natal. Examples of its postmark are extremely scarce. (Image 2) (Image1) |
150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:04 PM |
| 3251 |
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 VAN REENAN MR 28 (00) cds cancels an Orange Free State 1d
postal card addressed to Senekal (backstamped Ap 7), Very Fine, a rare postmarkrnOrange Free State Forces occupied Van Reenan Pass, approx 25 miles west of Ladysmith and just over the border in Natal. (Image 2) (Image1) |
200-250
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:06 PM |
| 3252 |
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 WASCHBANK violet arrival cancel straight-line on unfranked
field service envelope addressed to the Trappist Mission Station in Waschbank, partial Dundee Natal NO 29 99 cds on address side, backside with 3-line "Veldpost Z.A.R. / Glencoe / 29 Nov. 1899" and Dundee Natal 28 NO 99 cds, partially opened along
right side, a bit of postal wear, Fine and rare marking not recorded in the literature; ex-Griffith (Image 2) (Image1) |
400-500
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:06 PM |
| 3253 |
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 WASCHBANK Z.A.R. 16 DEC. 1899 crisply struck oval cancel in
violet ties Transvaal 1d on envelope addressed to Heidelberg, backstamped 3-line "P.K. NewCastle. / *Z.A.R.* / 20 Dec 1899." and Heidelberg 22 Dec, Very Fine and attractive; ex-Griffith (Image 2) (Image1) |
300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:07 PM |
| 3254 |
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 WESSELNSNEK Z.A.R. 19 DEC. 1899 violet oval cancel ties
Transvaal 1d on envelope addressed to Heidelberg, backstamped 3-line "P.K. NewCastle / *Z.A.R." / 20 Dec 1899." and Heidelberg 22 Dec, Very Fine; ex-Griffith (Image 2) (Image1) |
300-400
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:08 PM |
| 3255 |
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 Veld-Post, Z.A.R. WESSELNSNEK 25 FEB. 1900, two strikes of
bold violet oval cancel on a homemade wrapper fashioned from a piece of railroad company stationery and addressed to Utrecht, Holland, address side with over inked cancel tying Transvaal 1d, back side with a crisp legible strike and remains of
several removed wax seals, Very Fine (Image 2) (Image1) |
200-250
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:08 PM |
| 3256 |
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 ALIWAL NORTH DE 13 99 cds ties an Orange Free State 1d and
Transvaal 1d to envelope addressed to Johannesburg (18 Dec arrival cancel on face), backstamped Blomfontein 15 DE plus an indistinct transit cancel, few light aging spots, Fine. rnAliwal North was occupied by Orange Free State troops effective
November 1899. The addition of the Transvaal issue was probably for souvenirs' sake. (Image
2) (Image1) |
75-100
SOLD for $45.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:08 PM |
| 3257 |
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 BARKLY EAST C.G.H. FE 24 cds ties Orange Free State 1d to
envelope addressed to Johannesburg, backstamped Blomfontein 2 MR 00, Johannesburg 4 Mrt 00, opened a bit roughly at top with few small edge breaks, FinernBarkly East was taken over in late November 1899 and held for next three months. (Image 2) (Image1) |
75-100
SOLD for $45.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:08 PM |
| 3258 |
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 BURGHERSDORP, two covers showing the different cancels used;
1) DE 17 99 cds ties Orange Free State -+d, 1d on cover to Bloemfontein, 2) JA 26 squared circle postmark on postage-free internal military letter to the Commandant at Stormberg (Junction) with an ms. "On Commando Service"; each cover with small
faults but a Fine group.rnBurgersdorp was one of the first towns in the province to be occupied, taken around Nov 1 1899. (Image1) |
75-100
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:09 PM |
| 3259 |
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 COLSBERG O.V.S. 2 DEC 99 violet two line cancel (inverted
"D") ties Transvaal -+d to envelope addressed to Boksburg with the 12 Dec 99 arrival cancel on face, Very Fine and a very scarce cancel with only a few known; ex-GriffithrnColesburg prepared the only known provisional postmark for the area occupied
by the Orange Free State. The town was occupied early in the campaign, around Nov 1.
(Image1) |
300-400
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:10 PM |
| 3260 |
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 COLESBURG C.G.H. JA 5 00 nice strike of squared circle
postmark ties Orange Free State 1d to envelope addressed to Johannesburg, backstamp affected by small piece out of the backflap, cover some age spotting and bit worn top right corner, Fine (Image 2) (Image1) |
50-75
SOLD for $35.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:10 PM |
| 3261 |
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 COLSBERG squared circle postmarks (DE 30 99 and JA 29 00) on
Transvaal 1d postal cards with printed "Gruss von den Schlachtfeldern S++d-Afrika's" and arms of Transvaal and Germany with caption "GOD en de MAUSER"; one addressed to the headquarters of the German Commando in Johannesburg and the other to Fiume
(unusual destination), Very Fine and unusual patriotic cards (Image 2) (Image1) |
100-150
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:11 PM |
| 3262 |
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 Hoofd-Lager, Z.A.R. KIMBERLEY, dated oval postmarks on
Transvaal -+d pair (1 Jan 1900 in black), 1sh pair (31 Dec 1899 in violet) and on small piece (31 Dec 1899 in violet), Very Fine and seldom seen postmark; ex-GriffithrnThe Boers did not occupy Kimberley but did provide a field post office nearby at
the headquarters of the besieging forces. (Image1) |
150-200
SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:12 PM |
| 3263 |
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 LADY GREY JA 1 (00), two strikes of cds on Cape of Good Hope
1d postal stationery envelope (invalid for postage) and Orange Free State 1d, originally locally addressed but re-directed to Herschel, where backstamped JA 1 00 on arrival, Very Fine (Image 2) (Image1) |
100-150
SOLD for $65.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:12 PM |
| 3264 |
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 MODDER RIVER C.G.H. C NO 25 99 cds ties O.V.S. Command Label
to envelope addressed to Jacobsdal where backstamped NO 27 on arrival, cover with central vertical fold, and some light bends along left edge not affecting stamp, Fine use.rnSome soldiers' covers mailed early in the war were franked with this special
Orange Free State (O.V.S.) label which was distributed to the troops and used in lieu of a stamp. It was designed to emphasize that military mail was entitled to free postage and that postal clerks were not to assess postage due to these letters. (Image 2) (Image1) |
600-900
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-14, 02:13 PM |
