Great Britain and British Commonwealth The John Marks Collection Boer Invasion of Cape Colony
Sale No: 44
Lot No:264
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Lady Grey. 1900 Commercial cover to Rouxville with O.F.S 1d tied by "868" numeral and "LADY / GREY" c.d.s (Jan 1) alongside; Cape postal stationery envelopes bearing O.F.S stamps cancelled to order by "LADY / GREY" or scarce "LADY GREY DIV. ALIWAL NORTH" c.d.s; and a Cape ½d postcard uprated ½d commercially used to Germany on March 22nd, one week after the British had reoccupied the town, with the "LADY / GREY" c.d.s, all datestamps with the year shown as "19". A good group, the "868" numeral very scarce during the Boer occupation. (4).