Great Britain and British Commonwealth The John Marks Collection Boer Censor Seals Used by the British
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Lot No:291
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Boer Censor Seals Used by the British. Type 1 Seal. 1900 (June 28) Cover from Pretoria to Grahamstown franked ½d + 1d + 2½d, backstamped with a Pretoria Press Censor cachet and Grahamstown c.d.s (July 5), censored by Boer type 1 seal; and 1901 (May 10) Transvaal 4d registration envelope franked 2d from Potchefstroom to a P.O.W at Bellevue Camp, the reverse with violet "Passed by Censor / Potchefstroom" and bearing a complete Boer type 1 censor seal tied by Johannesburg c.d.s (May 11). The first with faults, the second very fine, a scarce and unusual pair. (2). Photo on Page 58. (Image1)
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Sale No: 44
Lot No:293
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Type 1 Seal. 1901 (Oct 11) Cover franked 1d from Pretoria to a P.O.W in Diyatalawa Camp with triangular Pretoria Press Censor cachet and bearing a Boer type 1 seal with the words "Z.A. Republiek" crossed out in red ink, backstamped at Durban and Colombo. Probably the only known use of this Boer seal by the British with the wording partly deleted.