Great Britain and British Commonwealth MILITARY PRE-WWI COVERS & POSTCARDS
Sale No: 54
Lot No:463
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1903 TRANSVAAL BRITISH OCCUPATION, letter posted 12 months after the Boer surrender and under South Africa Constabulary authority, a good 9d franking #252-255 pays the double 5d UPU one ounce letter rate (2 x 2½d per ½ ounce) + 4d registration fee on cover posted at Johannesburg on JUN22-1903, addressed to a Boer refugee in New York with JUL 18th arrival and redirected within the city, small piece of backflap removed, F-VF est ($150+US) (Image)