Looted Mails & Wreck Mail. Mexican Wreck. 1900 Cover to England with F.P.O c.d.s (Mar 24), a Cape 1d then cancelled at Kimberley (Mar 30), fine red "RECOVERED FROM / WRECK OF MEXICAN" cachet, returned to Cape Town with an Officially Sealed label bearing April 7th G.P.O datestamp, 1926 note states it was from C. P Downer, 2nd Northants Regt, two small holes at upper left; cover from East London (Apr 1) to Germany with Cape ½d, two other stamps washed off, backstamped with "Aus der mit dem / uniergegangenen Dampfer * Mexican * / beforderter Post aus Capstadt / Bahnpostamt No 15"; and a postcard referring to the sinking. A good lot, the German cachet scarce. (3). Photo on Page 72. (Image1)

1900 1d Postcard from G.B (May 4) and a cover from a P.O.W in Cape Town (Apr 30) both to Kroonstad via Lourenco Marques both handstamped red "RECOVERED FROM ENEMY / AT VREDE, O.R.C", the postcard torn in half and repaired but the cachet fine, the cover backstamped at Vrede and with a very light cachet. Also a piece with handwritten note "Staats Artillery Swords, taken out of the fort at Pretoria which was set on fire by an Englishman ..... 27th May 1900". (3).

1900 Cover from G.B to "6620 Pte H. L Pike, Active Service Company, 2nd Lincolnshire Regt, South Africa Field Force" handstamped "Recovered from the Mails / Looted by the Boers on June 8", minor edge faults and a little splitting to vertical fold, otherwise a fine example of this cachet used on mail recovered from Roodewal Station. Photo on Page 72. (Image1)

1900 Cover from Cape Town to "Sergeant F. Ford, D Squadron, Kitcheners Horse, Deal Farm north of Bloemfontein", cover partly torn away at the base, explained by the cachet "Recovered from the Mails / Looted by the Boers on June 8". Also a cover posted at Roodewal on May 1st, to a P.O.W at Green Point with Boer and British censor labels. (2).

1900 (June 12) Cover to England with 1d lilac tied by F.P.O 17 c.d.s, stained, edge tear and part reverse torn away, explained by the red cachet "RECOVERED FROM MAILS / LOOTED BY THE ENEMY"; 1900 (Oct 11) stampless O.A.S cover from Volksrust to a Trooper in the B.S.A.P at Salisbury, stained and sealed with stamp edging, endorsed "Recovered"; and 1902 cover endorsed from a Lt. in the Bechuanaland Rifles posted from Johannesburg to a Nursing Sister at 40 Station Hospital Zeerust, endorsed on reverse "picked up on veldt after mail had been captured by Boers forwarded by Corpl. F. Mansell 1st Scottish Horse". An unusual trio. (3). Photo on Page 72. (Image1)

1901 (Jan 16) Cover from Army P.O 54 to England, partly burnt away at the left side, handstamped red "INCLUDED IN MAIL BAG LOST ON / CAPE RAILWAY AND RECOVERED / 25th JULY 1901", Hull arrival backstamp (Aug 17). A fine example of this scarce cachet. Photo on Page 78. (Image1)