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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 44

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
The John Marks Collection

Boer + British Censor Seals
Sale No: 44
Lot No:297
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Boer + British Censor Seals. 1899 (Oct 12-16) Covers from Johannesburg (2) or Roodepoort to Cape Colony all with white Boer type 2 censor seals and British type 2A or 2B seals, handstamped violet boxed "STOPPED BY CENSOR / RETURN TO SENDER" with Returned Letter Office Natal datestamps (Mar 23-30), one cover with faults, the other two largely fine, an unusual trio with the scarce Boer type 2 seals, all stopped by the censor and sent to the Durban R.L.O but showing no sign of having been returned to the senders. (3).



Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 140.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140

Sale No: 44
Lot No:299
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1900 (Jan 4) Cover from Johannesburg to Durban censored with Boer seal type 3 and British "Officially Sealed" censor type 1E with "DURBAN" handstamp, redirected to Scotland with a Natal 1d affixed and cancelled at Durban (Jan 16). A fine cover with stamps and censor seals of both Transvaal and Natal.



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 44
Lot No:301
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1900 (Jan 3-25) Covers from Johannesburg to G.B or Australia both with Boer type 3 and British type 2A censor seals, violet boxed "STOPPED BY CENSOR / RETURN TO SENDER" and Returned Letter Office Natal datestamps, the January 3 cover to G.B detained in Johannesburg for seven weeks with the Boer seals tied by a further Johannesburg c.d.s of February 23rd, this cover opened out and a little shortened upon opening at right edge, otherwise fine and an unusual pair, stopped by the censor and sent to the Durban R.L.O but showing no sign of having been returned to the sender. (2).



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 44
Lot No:303
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1900 Covers from Natal to Delagoa Bay and redirected to the O.F.S or Transvaal (2, one with Lourenco Marques 10r + 15r applied upon redirection), or from Transvaal to Cape Colony (2) or Natal all bearing Boer type 3 and British type 2A or 2B censor seals, the covers from Natal sent to accommodation addresses in Lourenco Marques to avoid any suspension to the postal service, very unusual. (5).



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100


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