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The Dr. Joachim Frank Collection of the Canadian Contingents in the Anglo-Boer War continued...

Second Contingent continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
144 cover   imageSecond Contingent, “D” Battery, Field Artillery, 1900 (June 30), scarce Field Post Office 21 usage, envelope to Toronto bearing Orange Free State V.R.I. 1d tied by Field Post Office 21 c.d.s. at Bloemfontein, attached to the First Mounted Brigade, with the Canadian Contingent dated oval (3 Jul) in purple, the reverse with Toronto arrival c.d.s. (30 Jul); a very scarce example of the Field Post Office 21 cancellation, with only two such examples recorded according to Rich & Putzel. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 180

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
145 cover   imageSecond Contingent, "D" Battery, Field Artillery, two covers from Major Hurdman, Commanding Officer of "D" Battery, comprising 1900 (July 16) envelope to Ottawa bearing Orange Free State V.R.I. 1d. tied by Army Post Office 55 c.d.s., with clear strike of the Canadian Contingent Type II dated oval in purple alongside, the reverse with arrival c.d.s. (19 Aug.), repaired tear at left; also (22 July) stampless "On Active Service, No Stamps Available" envelope to Ottawa cancelled by Field Post Office 19 c.d.s. (Kroonstad), also with crisp Canadian Contingent Type II dated oval in purple, the reverse with arrival c.d.s. (30 Aug.), ex Robinson and Palmer; a fine-very fine duo from "D" Battery's operations in the Orange Free State.

Major (later Colonel) William George Hurdman (1858–1922), a member of the prominent Hurdman lumbering family of the Ottawa Valley, had served as commanding officer of Ottawa’s local militia artillery unit, the 2nd Field Battery. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
146 cover   imageSecond Contingent, First Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, two covers, comprising 1900 (July 27) incoming cover to Dr. Ross bearing Canada Q.V. 2c carmine tied by Kingston duplex and endorsed "Please forward", the addressee having been transferred to the New South Wales Medical Corps at Daspoort, extensively redirected via Pretoria, Middelburg and Kaapsche; some soiling; offered with a (December 6) envelope to Cape Town bearing G.B. Jubilee ½d vermilion pair (precancelled) tied by Field Post Office 4 c.d.s. (Zeerust), with boxed "PASSED / PRESS CENSOR." handstamp in purple, signed by the censor in red ink, Cape Town arrival c.d.s., and the personal label of A.P. Butler affixed at left; an attractive pair. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
147 cover   imageSecond Contingent, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Natal Field Force, 1900 (1 August), Standerton, large stampless envelope to Manitoba endorsed “On Active Service, No. 358, C Squadron, Strathcona’s,” bearing a fine strike of the octagonal Natal Field Force, Standerton datestamp, with London Paid c.d.s. (24 Aug) alongside, redirected to Brandon, the reverse with arrival c.d.s. (6 Sep), some wrinkling, else fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
148 cover   imageSecond Contingent, “D” Battery, Field Artillery, 1900 (August 1), double weight letter to Canada, from Lieutenant E.B.W. Morrison, repurposed blue O.H.M.S. envelope to Ontario bearing Transvaal V.R.I. 1d pair tied by Army Post Office 55 c.d.s. (Pretoria), sent by Lieutenant E.B.W. Morrison and countersigned, the reverse with Hamilton arrival c.d.s. (3 Sept); vertical fold and some wrinkling, but a scarce double weight rate. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
149 cover   imageSecond Contingent, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Natal Field Force, 1900 (16 August), a unique combination of postmarks, envelope to Toronto endorsed “Active Service … Strathcona’s Horse”, bearing a good strike of the ARMY POST OFFICE / 3 M B / SOUTH AFRICA c.d.s. in purple, franked with Cape 1d tied by Field Post Office B.O. c.d.s. (29 Aug) with a second strike alongside and Canadian Contingent dated oval (30 Aug) in purple, redirected on arrival with Bracebridge c.d.s. (1 Oct); very fine and rare, a most attractive cover and the only such recorded bearing this combination of postmarks; ex Hart, Bertolaja.

Lord Strathcona's Horse formed, at the time, part of the Third Mounted Brigade, Natal Field Force, with this cover being an example of mail carried via the southern route. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 750

Currently...C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
150 cover   imageSecond Contingent, “D” Battery, Field Artillery, 1900 (August 17/24), two covers from the advance of General Hamilton’s Division against Botha’s forces, comprising (17 Aug) envelope from Bronkhorstspruit to Ontario bearing Transvaal V.R.I. 1d tied by Army Post Office 55 c.d.s., with a light strike of the Canadian Contingent Type II dated oval (22 Aug) in purple, the reverse with Port Hope arrival c.d.s. (17 Sept), sent shortly after “D” Battery reached Bronkhorstspruit with General Hamilton’s Division on 15 Aug; and (24 Aug) stampless personalised soldier’s envelope, altered for use by another sender and endorsed “On Active Service, Stamps Not Available”, bearing a fine strike of Army Post Office 50 c.d.s., the Canadian Contingent Type II dated oval in purple and Montreal Free key datestamp (27 Sept), sent while Hamilton’s division was pursuing General Botha’s forces through the Middelburg–Belfast area; a scarce and noteworthy pair illustrating the stages of “D” Battery’s operations in the eastern Transvaal. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
151 cover   imageSecond Contingent, Canadian Postal Corps, 1900 (22 September), postal card from Lieutenant W.R. Ecclestone, Transvaal ½d postal stationery card to Hamilton uprated with Transvaal V.R.I. 1d, cancelled by superb strikes of Field Post Office B.O. c.d.s. and Canadian Contingent dated oval (22 Sept.) in purple, with Hamilton arrival c.d.s. (22 Oct.), fresh and very fine; ex Pattiz.

Lieutenant William R. Ecclestone was the officer commanding the Canadian Postal Corps, a five-man detachment of experienced Canadian postal officials sent to South Africa with the Second Contingent in early 1900. Before the war he had been a 24-year veteran of the Hamilton Post Office. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 350

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
152 cover   imageSecond Contingent, Royal Canadian Regiment, 1900 (September 28), cover signed by Lt.-Col. J. Lyons Biggar, long blue On Her Majesty's Service envelope to Toronto, signed "J. Lyons Biggar" with the signature of Corporal L.C. McKenzie below, struck with the purple Lt.-Col. S.O. Canadians handstamp and Cape Town c.d.s., accompanied by the original letter from Corporal McKenzie, written from The Castle, describing his duties there and Lt.-Col. Biggar's responsibilities; the cover professionally restored but with clear strikes, an important and highly significant piece of Canadian Contingent postal history. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 350

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
153 cover   imageSecond Contingent, “E” Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery, Vryburg Column, 1900 (6 October), provisional Christiana postmark, stampless envelope to Cape Town endorsed “On Active Service, No Stamps Obtainable”, bearing the provisional Christiana circular datestamp in purple with handstruck “1D”, free postage not applying to internal mail, G.P.O. Cape Town c.d.s. (13 Oct) and the countersignature handstamp of Major Ogilvie, “Comdg. ‘E’ Battery, R.C.A.”, the reverse with Kimberley c.d.s. (11 Oct) and Green Point c.d.s. (13 Oct), vertical folding crease, an elusive and desirable cover; ex Richardson.

The Boers had removed the postal equipment from Christiana, necessitating the use of a provisional datestamp until regular postal facilities could be restored. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
154 cover   imageSecond Contingent, 1900 (19 October), Canadian Contingent Type II oval, on stampless envelope to Hamilton, bearing two strikes of the Canadian Contingent Type II dated oval in purple, the reverse with Hamilton arrival c.d.s. (19 Nov), an exceptionally unusual use of the Contingent handstamp as the sole postal marking on the front, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
155 cover   imageSecond Contingent, Canadian Postal Corps, 1900 (31 October), Sergeant Joseph Lallier, Transvaal ½d postal stationery card to Coaticook, cancelled by Army Post Office 55 c.d.s. of Pretoria in blue with a second strike alongside and fine Canadian Contingent Type II dated oval (7 Nov), sent by Sergeant Joseph Lallier, who was attached to Baden-Powell’s unit, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
156 cover   imageSecond Contingent, “E” Battery, Field Artillery, General C. Warren’s Column, 1900 (November 28), envelope to Ottawa bearing Transvaal V.R.I. 1d pair tied by Army Post Office 55 c.d.s. (Wilge River), with a light strike of the Canadian Contingent Type II dated oval (5 Dec), the reverse with Ottawa arrival c.d.s. (31 Dec), fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 90

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
157 cover   imageSecond Contingent, 1900 (March–December), Canadian Artificers Group, four covers from the H.H. Smith correspondence, comprising outgoing mail with (Mar.) Richey “Soldiers of the Queen” patriotic envelope endorsed “From H.H. Smith, Artificer, Imperial Light Horse, South Africa,” franked with Cape 1d, partly torn away on opening, tied by partial C.G.H. c.d.s.; and (23 May) Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition envelope, toned and roughly opened at right, franked with Great Britain 1d lilac tied by Army Post Office 43 c.d.s. of Kroonstad, with a light strike of the Canadian Contingent dated oval (30 May) in red; incoming mail from Dartmouth with (3 May) envelope addressed to the 3rd Division, 2nd Canadian Contingent, franked with Canada Queen Victoria 2c carmine pair tied by barred ovals and bearing directional endorsements including “Not at Braamfontein” and “Strathcona Horse”; and (20 Dec.) similar envelope addressed to Smith “Attached 6th Northumberland Fusiliers,” further endorsed “3rd Battn. M.I., Belfast”; all somewhat soiled, an interesting and scarce group documenting Smith’s varied wartime attachments.

The Canadian Government, at the request of the British authorities, recruited, equipped, and transported a group of twenty-three artificers, i.e. skilled craftsmen, to South Africa for service. These recruits included wheelwrights, farriers, collar makers, and saddlers on one-year contracts. They left Halifax on the S.S. "Milwaukee" on February 21, 1900, and disembarked at Cape Town on March 26. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 350

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
Third Contingent
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
158 cover   imageThird Contingent, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, 1901 (January 18), incoming mail returned following the regiment’s departure from South Africa, envelope from Chiswick to a trooper in “Lord Strathcona’s Corps” bearing G.B. 1d lilac tied by Chiswick squared circle, handstamped NOT CALLED FOR and redirected to Virden, Manitoba, with Ottawa transit c.d.s. (20 Mar), the reverse with an array of backstamps including D.L.O. Winnipeg and Virden arrival c.d.s. (24 Feb); returned after the regiment sailed from Cape Town for Canada on 20 Jan, an attractive example of incoming mail overtaken by the unit’s departure. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
159 cover   imageThird Contingent, Second Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1902 (January–March), two early covers, associated with the regiment’s departure and arrival in South Africa, comprising (13 Jan) rare Y.M.C.A. envelope (Rowe Type B) to Washington bearing 2c Numeral tied by Halifax duplex, posted the day before the regiment’s departure; and (7 Mar) envelope from Lieutenant Moir to Ontario bearing Natal 1d tied by Newcastle c.d.s., the reverse with the regimental crest on the flap and St Mary arrival c.d.s. (7 Apr); an attractive pair documenting the Regiment's embarkation in Canada to early service in South Africa. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 350

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
160 cover   imageThird Contingent, No. 10 Canadian Field Hospital, 1902 (February–May), mail from the voyage and service at Klerksdorp, comprising (24 Feb) stampless envelope to St. Marys endorsed “S.S. Victorian, Stamps Unavailable, W.V. Law…”, written during the Cape Town stopover and bearing London Paid transit c.d.s. (15 Mar), the reverse with Army Post Office, Cape Town despatch c.d.s. and arrival c.d.s. (24 Mar); and (4 May) stampless envelope from the same correspondence endorsed “Canadian Field Hospital, On Active Service…”, cancelled by Field Post Office 100 c.d.s. (Klerksdorp), partly overstruck by London Paid c.d.s. (31 May), the reverse with arrival c.d.s. (14 Jun); a scarce and attractive pair tracing the unit from its arrival in South Africa to active service in the western Transvaal.

The S.S. Victorian reached Cape Town on February 21, 1902 carrying the Second Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles and No. 10 Canadian Field Hospital; after the troops were revaccinated against smallpox, the vessel continued to Durban, from where the hospital proceeded inland and was later stationed at Klerksdorp during the closing months of the war. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
161 cover   imageThird Contingent, No. 10 Canadian Field Hospital, illustrated mail from Klerksdorp during the closing months of the war, comprising 1902 (May–June) two illustrated postcards from the same correspondence to Mimico, Ontario, (9 May) Anglo-Boer War view card of Klerksdorp bearing G.B. 1d lilac tied by Field Post Office c.d.s., with arrival c.d.s. (14 Jun.) alongside, and (20 Jun.) commemorative postcard depicting the Arms and Flag of the Late Orange Free State, bearing Transvaal K.E.VII 1d tied by Frederikstad c.d.s., with oval PASSED PRESS CENSOR handstamp, Potchefstroom transit c.d.s. (20 Jun.) and arrival c.d.s. (21 Jul.), the reverse with large oval Potchefstroom censor datestamp; also 1902 (June 2) printed envelope of the Klerksdorp Mining Record, publishers of the patriotic postcards, to Potchefstroom bearing G.B. 1d. lilac tied by Field Post Office c.d.s. and circular Klerksdorp Press Censor handstamp, a fine-very fine trio.

No. 10 Canadian Field Hospital accompanied the Third Canadian Contingent to South Africa in February, 1902, serving during the final phase of the conflict as British forces intensified operations against the remaining Boer commandos. Klerksdorp became an important military and medical centre in the western Transvaal, while local publishers, including the Klerksdorp Mining Record, produced patriotic postcards and illustrated stationery eagerly purchased by soldiers and medical personnel for correspondence home. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
Fourth Contingent
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
162 cover   imageFourth Contingent, 1902 (May 24), “Active Service” cover from the 6th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles, posted at Cape Town while en route to Durban, stampless envelope with original letter headed “On the Ocean”, written aboard the S.S. Winifredian, postmarked with Army Post Office, Cape Town c.d.s., with London Paid transit (27 Jun) and Hamilton arrival (3 Jul), the letter signed “Silas Gibbons, 6th C.M.R., Cape Force…”; some light soiling, otherwise fine, the only recorded 6th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles letter posted at Cape Town per Rowe; ex Richardson. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$280.00
Will close during Public Auction
163 cover   imageFourth Contingent, Fourth Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1902 (June 10), stampless envelope to Miramichi endorsed “On Active Service, Stamps Unobtainable”, bearing Army Post Office, Cape Town c.d.s. overstruck by London Paid c.d.s. (27 Jun), manuscript endorsed “No. 98, Maj., D Sqn., 4th C.M.R.”, the reverse with further despatch and Newcastle arrival c.d.s. (8 Jul), mailed during the S.S. Winifredian's stop at Cape Town while conveying the regiment home to Canada, fine and of great rarity, only two covers from the Fourth Regiment are believed to be recorded; ex Robinson.

The Fourth Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, formed Canada's Fourth Contingent and saw only brief service in South Africa before the Peace of Vereeniging brought the war to a close on May 31, 1902. The regiment embarked for home aboard the S.S. Winifredian, calling at Cape Town en route, making surviving mail from the return voyage exceptionally scarce. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction

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