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"LANDDROST KANTOOR PHILIPPOLIS O.V.S” large circular purple censor mark on franked envelope from Philippolis to the Green Point camp in Cape Colony, reverse transit "BLOEMFONTEIN MY 26 (19)00”, on front purple handstamp "CENSOR PRISONERS OF WAR” possibly applied as an arrival mark, one tiny tear at top and small part of back flap missing, still fine. An extremely rare censor handstamp from Philippolis used by the British

"PASSED PRESS CENSOR”, superb strike in purple of the double triangle censor handstamp on a franked envelope from "”HEILBRON JU (19)02" redirected from London to Amlwch with both transit and arrival cds., some minor peripheral toning of no importance, fine and rare. A late usage of British censorship a few weeks after the end of the war

"PASSED PRESS CENSOR.” with initials, superb strike on the back flap of a large franked envelope with cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE B(ase) O(ffice) * MY 24 (19)00” to the USA, transit via Cape Colony, New York and arrival on reverse. Some wear and imperfections, still a very elusive censor mark, possibly used at Kroonstad

"VREDEFORT ROAD MR 27 (19)02”, clear strike on a franked envelope to the prisoner of war Bellevue camp in Cape Colony, red censor initial "P.B.C” and rare double triangle "PASSED PRESS CENSOR” applied at Vredefort Road, transit cds. on reverse "BLOEMFONTEIN 30 MR 02”, some slight cover wear, still fine and attractive.

"Z X G” initials censor handstamp together with straight-line "PASSED CEB CENSOR” on franked envelope to Port Elisabeth in Cape Colony, reverse transit and arrival cds., closed tear at left and slight toning, a rare censor mark used only for a very short period

"RAGAMA CAMP NO 24 (19)01”, a very fine arrival strike on front of a franked postcard from "SPRINGFONTEIN OC 24 (19)01”, transit via Natal and censor marks, on reverse the text crossed out in pencil, still very fine. A very scarce postmark from the Ragama Camp in Ceylon

BRANDFORT CAMP: postcard from "BLOEMFONTEIN JU 28 (19)01”, addressed to "Dr. Martinius, M(edical) O(fficer) Refugee Camp Brandfort”, censor straight-line "N.P.Y”, lower corner creased and teared and some surface imperfections, still fine. A particularly rare incoming mail to that camp, which was infamous for having one of the highest mortality rate

KRAAI RIVER - ZASTRON CAMP: franked postcard from Germany with oval "DEUTSCH SEEPOST LINIE HAMBURG WEST AFRIKA 5 4. 02”, addressed to the "Kraai River Camp Aliwal North”, violet trangle and "J.C.C.” censor handstamps, reverse arrival cds. "ZASTRON MY 10 (19)02”, slightly toned and a minor corner crease, still fine. A very scarce incoming mail from the German colonies to the Zastron camp, which was supposedly associated with the Aliwal North camp

KROONSTAD CAMP: incoming registered envelope originating from the camp "BRANDFORT MR 20 (19)02”, censor straight line "PASSED CENSOR” and reverse arrival cds. "KROONSTAD 22 MR (19)02”, fine and attractive, together with an unused illustrated postcard. A rare refugee intercamp mail

HARRISMITH CAMP: franked envelope from "SGRAVENHAGE 11 DEC 01” with reverse transit via Durban and arrival cds. "HARRISMITH JA 7 (19)02”, the recipient not found and letter consequently returned to the sender. Some cover faults, but a rare incoming mail from the Netherlands to a refugee camp 

"RECOVERED FROM WRECK OF MEXICAN”, fair strike in red on franked cover from "BLOEMFONTEIN AP 1 (19)00” to London, reverse triangle censor postmark and arrival cds. "CHISWICK AP 28 00”, some tears and wear but a very scarce combination with the Orange Free State overprinted franking

"RETURNED FROM ADDRESSEE´S UNIT / UNDELIVERABLE”, two-line handstamp on franked cover from England to Kroonstad with "FIELD POST OFFICE 20 JA 11 (19)01” and red manuscript "not with regt.”, also a similar handstamp in purple on a franked envelope from England to a prisoner of war trooper, reverse transit cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE DE 18 00”, some usual wear and minor toning, still fine and a scarce duo

BRITISH FIELD POST OFFICES AND ARMY POST OFFICES: impressive collection with over 360 covers and cards and circa 250 used/pieces, specialized with the study of the various double circle FPO- and Army P.O cancellations including the unnumbered and star types, with a very strong range of FPO numbers on covers including 1-6, 8, 11-17, 19-32, 35-36, 38-39, 41, 43-44, 46-48, 50-51, 53-54, 56 and 100, many better items with mentions "stamps not available”, unusual destinations with Morocco and Syria, rare straight-line "RECOVERED FROM THE ENEMY AT VREDE, O.R.C”, a fine group of the large circular rubber postmark with "ARMY POST OFFICE B” on 1901 registered envelope to England, scarce "ARMY POST OFFICE MACHADODORP”, also some Base Post Office mail, FPO with large numbers 1-5, 8-9, "ARMY TELEGRAPHS” postmarks, OHMS blue card, etc., together with a selection of maps, sketches and photographs. Mixed condition, some neatly mounted and expertly described on album pages, a breathtaking study group in 7 albums

BRITISH POW CAMPS FOR THE BOERS: extensive assembly of over 110 covers and cards from/to Ceylon, India, Bermuda, St Helena and Natal, many interesting usages such as an unvalidated Free Orange State adhesive on 1900 taxed cover from Ficksburg to Ceylon, very scarce cds. "RAGAMA CAMP” (3), a "signed officer" envelope sent unfranked from "LADYBRAND JU 7 (19)01” to Rayapuram and taxed upon arrival, many camps including Green Point, Bellevue, Tin Town, Ahmednagar, Diyatalawa,  etc., plenty of censor marks as well as some registered covers, together with some fine illustrated postcards. Mixed condition, a fine specialist assembly

BLOEMFONTEIN POSTAL HISTORY: specialized study group of the Bloemfontein postmarks used in the period 1893/1908, with over 85 covers and cards and a fine group of used stamps showing the evolution of many of the Bloemfontein types including scarcer ones, interesting usages with foreign destinations, incoming and registered mail, better items with a well travelled 1898 redirected illustrated envelope with Britain-OFS-Cape of Good Hope mixed franking, etc., together with over 40 illustrated postcards mostly from the city. Some occasional faults, overall in fine and fresh condition, an interesting lot, in one album

BOER WAR ILLUSTRATED POSTCARDS: attractive group of over 130 postcards related to the Boers and the Anglo-Boers campaigns, mostly unused, with many propaganda cards including from European countries, with military personal depicted from both sides, historical figures such as Colonel Baden-Powell, scenic views, weaponry, ships, many interesting items such as a small illustrated propaganda card "Mafeking´s Relieved!”, also a selection of five patriotic cartoon envelopes and cards, together with some maps, photos and related documents. A few faults as to be expected, mostly fine, an alluring specialist assembly in one album

REFUGEE AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN THE ORANGE FREE STATE: a fine assembly of over 60 covers and cards, noted the camps of Bethulie, Bloemfontein, Harrismith, Heilbron, Kroonstad, Springfontein, Ladybrand, Vredefort Road, Vinburg and Zastron-Alistar North, many interesting usages with some scarce incoming mail and several intercamp letters, censor marks and seals, etc., together with some illustrated postcards and a few related documents. Mixed condition, an interesting lot in one album

MAIL SENT VIA DELAGOA BAY AND LOURENCO MARQUES: brilliant specialized collection with over 85 covers, plenty of interesting usages including several "MAIL SERVICE INTERRUPTED” covers, some early combinations of both Boer and British censor labels, several Boer oval censor "POSTMEESTER GENERAAL ORANJE VRY STAAT”, some rare incoming and outgoing mail from/to Russia, also a fine group of covers franked at Lourenco Marques, etc., together with a fine selection of illustrated postcards and maps. Mixed condition as to be expected, many neatly mounted and expertly described, in one album