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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 44

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Censor Seals

image Sale No: 44
Lot No:452
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1901 (July 18 - Aug 3) Covers from Cradock all censored by a previously unrecorded seal with "Opened under Martial Law" printed in blue on buff paper, one cover franked 2d to a P.O.W in Bermuda with "T/5c" handstamp crossed out in crayon, one seal partly torn away, otherwise fine and rare. (3). Photo on Page 84. (Image1)



Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 150.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 44
Lot No:453
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1901 (Dec 18) Cover from Heidelberg to Diyatalawa Camp bearing a previously unrecorded seal with "OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW" printed in black within a blue double border, seal partly torn away at the front right side, very rare.



Opening GBP 70.00
Sold...GBP 110.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 110

image Sale No: 44
Lot No:454
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1901 (Nov 12) Cover from Upington bearing a seal with "Opened and passed / by military censor" cyclostyled in imitation handwriting in light blue paper, the reverse of the seal with manuscript initials and 15/11/00 date, handstamped "Passed by Censor / Upington". A rare and previously unrecorded provisional censor seal. Photo on Page 84. (Image1)



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 140.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 44
Lot No:456
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1900 Covers with type 2 seals on pink paper including cover to a P.O.W on S.S "Manila" with censor seal apparently having "V.R" omitted (seal partly torn away), cover to Lourenco Marques bearing scarce type 2C seal with the coat of arms inverted in error and handstamped violet boxed "STOPPED BY CENSOR / RETURN TO SENDER", etc. (6).



Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 150.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150

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Lot No:462
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1901 (Jan 23) Cover posted within Willowmore bearing provisional type 24 seal with "WILLOWMORE" handstamp and manuscript "Passed by Censor" and initials, the only recorded example of this seal. Photo on Page 84. (Image1)



Opening GBP 210.00
Sold...GBP 220.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220

Sale No: 44
Lot No:463
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1901 Covers bearing violet "Opened by Press Censor and Passed" applied at Modderfontein (2), one applied across (and tying) a white label used as a provisional censor seal (a similar cover but with the cachet entirely on the white label listed as seal type 28 by Snowdon & Hepworth); and two covers with provisional censor seals made from part of a Boer form, one (July 19) handstamped red "On H. Majesty's Service" prior to use, recorded as seal type 37 used at Barberton. Very scarce. (4).



Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 140.00


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

image Sale No: 44
Lot No:464
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1901 Cover from Uitenhage to Cape Town, the reverse with type 30 seal tied by Cape Town c.d.s (Mar 22), the only recorded example. Photo on Page 84. (Image1)



Opening GBP 190.00
Sold...GBP 230.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 230

Sale No: 44
Lot No:465
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1901 Covers with green censor seal type 31 used at Uitenhage, one cover sent to Java. (3).



Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 80.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: 44
Lot No:466
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1901 (May 13) Cover from Riversdale to Swellendam with pink type 32 censor seal, the only example recorded by Snowden & Hepworth.



Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 80.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 80

image Sale No: 44
Lot No:467
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1902 Covers with type 34 seal including cover to Dr Plowright (author of the first articles on censor marks) with the seal tied scarce Cape Town censor cachet type 12 and wax seal impressed "PRESS CENSORS / OFFICE / C.T"; cover bearing seal printed twice in error, miscut seals, etc. (7). Photo on Page 84. (Image1)



Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 220.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220

image Sale No: 44
Lot No:468
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1901-02 Covers to Broad Bottom Camp, St. Helena, both with type 38 seals tied by censor cachet of Humansdorp, one seal printed in black, the other in red, the red seal unrecorded by Snowden & Hepworth. (2). Photo on Page 90. (Image1)



Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 130.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 130

Sale No: 44
Lot No:469
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1902 Covers with blue type 40 seals used at Beaufort West. Snowden and Hepworth only recorded one example of this scarce seal. (4).



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

Sale No: 44
Lot No:470
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1901-02 Covers from Umtala, Cedarville or Kokstad all with the scarce type 46 "Opened by Government Censor" seal, one cover with a few lower edge faults, otherwise fine. (3).



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Sold...GBP 85.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 85

Sale No: 44
Lot No:474
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Cat No:Collection

The remainder of the censor seal collection, 1900-02 covers bearing seal types 5 (2, one with scarce Pretoria cachet type 2), type 8 (2), 10, 11/12 (5), 14 (2), 15 (5), 16 (5), 23 (with fancy Standerton cancel), 27 (2), 33 (9, pink or orange paper, several with varieties), 35 (10), 36 (2), also two covers bearing part seals, a few faults though most are fine. (48).



Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 280.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
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Boer Internees in Portugal
Sale No: 44
Lot No:511
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Boer Internees in Portugal. 1901 Covers from Transvaal to internees at Peniche, one registered franked by six 1d stamps (a further stamp removed), both with arrival backstamps. Also a picture postcard of Boer children in the school at Caldas da Rainha. (3).



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 140.00


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


Burgher & Refugee Camps
Sale No: 44
Lot No:475
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Burgher & Refugee Camps. 1900-02 Picture postcards with views of camps and European anti-British propaganda cards (6); identification card; Ladies Refugee Relief Committee invitation card; postcard to Germany from the Vice-President of the Union of the Homeless; registered "Burgher Camps Dept" cover; printed passes (2); telegraph form with "Burgher Camp Dept. Head Office Pretoria" cachet; cover with enclosed letter from Thomas Murray, Superintendent of Natal Burgher Camps; picture postcard posted from Pietermaritzburg with cachet "From / THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR / Burgher Camps / Natal / (DR. HIME)". (15).



Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 170.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170

image Sale No: 44
Lot No:476
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Poynton Bros. 1901-02 Covers comprising cover from Balmoral with violet "POYNTON BROS / BURGHER REFUGEE CAMP / BALMORAL" on the front and a cover from F.P.O 12 with similar "POYNTON BROS / BURGHER CAMP STORE / POTCHEFSTROOM" on reverse (faults); covers to Poynton's Burgher Camp Dept at Pretoria or store at Middelburg (faults); and two illustrated envelopes from Poynton Bros. in Pretoria both to Thomas Leask in Klerksdorp. (6). Photo on Page 90. (Image1)



Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 300.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300

Sale No: 44
Lot No:477
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Balmoral. 1901-02 Covers from the camp, one with oval "BURGHER CAMP / 16 DEC 1901 / BALMORAL" endorsed "Censored, F.K.S", another with enclosed letter, the third endorsed "From G.P Bletchley, Med Officer, Burgher Camp Staff", all fine. (3).



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 120.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 44
Lot No:478
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Barberton. 1901 Covers with violet oval "BARBERTON" cachets endorsed "Censored BG", both fine. (2).



Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 230.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 44
Lot No:479
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Irene. 1900-02 Covers from the camp with violet oval "BURGHER CAMP / Censored / IRENE" (2), and a cover from Mafeking to Irene Camp and redirected to India, various endorsements include "Try Saharanpur, Bellary, Satara or Trichinopoly war prison camps", "Parole Topu", etc., a few faults. (3).



Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 340.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 340

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Lot No:480
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Klerksdorp. 1901 Covers to P.O.Ws in Ceylon or St. Helena with G.B stamps cancelled at F.P.O 16, with Klerksdorp Press Censor cachets and differing "BURGHER CAMP" handstamps in violet, one with small "maldirige". (2). Photo on Page 90. (Image1)



Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 220.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220

Sale No: 44
Lot No:482
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Ladysmith. 1901-02 Cover with violet triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / BURGHER / CAMP / LADYSMITH"; postcard written from "Concentration Camp, Ladysmith" but posted at Pietermaritzburg; and a postcard to "The Superintendent, Boer Refugee Camp, Ladysmith" concerning the distribution of gospel tracts to refugees. (3).



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 140.00


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

Sale No: 44
Lot No:483
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Port Elizabeth. 1901-02 Covers to P.O.Ws in Ceylon or India with differing oval dated "Intelligence Department / PORT ELIZABETH" cachets, one also with a censor cachet of Ahmednagar Camp. Also two fronts with cachets of the 4th Bn Sherwood Foresters. (4).



Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


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

Sale No: 44
Lot No:484
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Springfontein. 1901-02 Covers (5) and a postcard sent from the camp (4, three with violet "PASSED CENSOR / REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, O.R.C") or to the camp (2, one a local O.H.M.S cover to the camp chaplain). (6).



Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 130.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 130
image Sale No: 44
Lot No:485
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Standerton. 1901 (Oct 26) Cover to a P.O.W in Diyatalawa Camp and redirected to Urugasmanhandiya, handstamped violet "PASSED PRESS / CENSOR / BURGHER CAMP / STANDERTON". Also a pass with cachet of the District Commissioners Office Standerton. A few small cover faults but a scarce censor cachet. (2). Photo on Page 90. (Image1)



Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 210.00


Closed..Sep-25-2019, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 210


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