Boer War Prisoners of War
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3295 |
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 1899 (Oct 26) cover from India with ½a & 1a plum pair all with 'K' perfins of King Hamilton & Co Calcutta (embossing on the flap)
to an officer with the "1st Gloucester Regiment/Indian Contingent/South African Field Force", significantly delayed for no obvious reason with superb 'GEZIEN/15APR1900/CENSOR' & largely fine vertical-oval 'CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO
THE SAR/[eagle]/PRETORIA' cachets both in violet, the cover opened and resealed with stamp selvedge tied by very fine 'ARMY PO 50/ JY1/00/SAFRICA' cds, endorsed "To go to England" with 'BRISTOL/JY20/00' squared-circle & a different type of 'JY28/00',
endorsed "Ceylon" in blue pencil but again significantly delayed with Colombo transit of 'OC2/00', endorsed "KANDY" with poor arrival backstamp of 'OC4/00', repaired closed tear on the face & opened-out for display. Captain George Swinton Tulloh was
taken prisoner by the Boers at Ladysmith in -.11.1899 & released after the British captured Pretoria on 5.6.1900. Tulloh took home leave but, in -.8.1900, the 'First Glosters' were transferred to Ceylon to guard the Boer POWs held there. See Lot
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3296 |
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 1900 (Oct 25) from 'PIQUETBERG/CGH' with BN '1113', roughly opened at right & overall soiling; and (Nov 27) from British Field PO
41 in Natal with GB 1d lilac x2, the flap & label rejoined; both to Diyatalawa with the scarce first-type black/white 'V.R./Opened under Martial Law' label (with 'V' over 'd' or over 'e' of 'Under'). Richard Stroud did not record the 'V' over 'e'
variant.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3297 |
PSE |
 1900 (Nov 30) usage of 5c Letter Card to Holland with 3c pair & 5c tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/DE3/00' cds & huge Camp censor cachet
in violet, 'AMSTERDAM/23/DEC/00' arrival backstamp, no fewer than nine different postmen's handstamps and very fine strike of the marvellous 'Informatie Burg Stand/Amsterdam-Vruchteloo' (= ...fruitless search), boxed 'INCONNU' (unknown) & superb
unframed 'REBUT' (return) handstamps, 'AMSTERDAM-ANTWERP/10/JAN/01' TPO & 'COLOMBO/MR5/RETURNED-LETTER- OFFICE' cds (no year) backstamps, a couple of very minor blemishes. A wonderful item. The letter within dated 30.11.1900 & signed "Dr JD Koster"
states - translated - "...[our camp newspaper] ceased to exist after three issues. As it poked fun at politics, it was not very popular with the heads of the camp..." Koster was a medical doctor who had served with a Dutch ambulance unit in South
Africa. He was paroled to provide medical services in the Kandy area. See also Lot 3313. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3298 |
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 1900 (Dec 18) address panel from a registered parcel to "ORC" (Orange River Colony) with 5c & 6c pair tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP'
cds, superb strike of the huge Camp censor cachet in violet & fancy 'R'-in-box cachet. Registered parcel items are rare survivors.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3299 |
PSE |
 1900-02 covers x6 and Envelopes 5c (roughly opened) & 6c x2 with very fine censor cachets comprising the huge 'DIYATALAWA
CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' x3 (the earliest initialled, which is rarely seen), 'PASSED CENSOR POW/DIYATALAWA' types with censors' initials 'EJB' (EJ Baumann), 'OH' (O Hansen) x2 or 'FRNF' (FRN Findlay) x2, and the very scarce 'POW/PASSED/CENSOR/HAMBANTOTA',
also the huge 'RAGAMA CAMP/...' x2 (both good to fine strikes only, both items with faults) all in violet, all but the last two are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3300 |
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 1900-02 picture postcards of the camps at Diyatalawa (to Australia) or Ragama x2 (one defective to Suriname), satirical
hand-illustrated card & 'Snake Charmer' both from Ragama Camp, and an advertising cover for postcard publisher AW Andrée, condition variable. Scarce group.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3301 |
PSE |
 1901 (Jan 14) irregular usage of Ceylon 6c Postal Card to England with Indian 1a purple-brown tied by Indian 'ROYAPETTAH/17JA01'
cds (a suburb of Madras), the message headed "Trincomalee/Ceylon/14th Jan 1901" states "...I shall land in Madras...Four prisoners escaped off the Catalonia just after I left it, which was very lucky because [I avoided being] court-martialled with
the rest". The incident occurred on 13.1.1901 (the day before this card was written) in Colombo Harbour, where five POWs arriving from the Cape managed to swim to a Russian vessel which took them on board & carried them to Europe where they were
feted as heroes. This is believed to be the only postal article with a direct connection to the escape. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3302 |
PSE |
 1901 (Feb 1) usage of QV 10c pink Registration Envelope with red wax seal with superb reversed impression of the 'WATERLOW &
SONS/[crown]/LONDON' seal used at Diyatalawa Camp, to Transvaal with 6c pair tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds, small piece of the flap missing. A bizarre seal. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3303 |
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 1901 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) address-panel from a Dutch parcel endorsed "Drukwerk" (= Printed Matter) with 5c tied by 'HAARLEM'
cds, to "Mr Felix Willemse/Prisoner of Water/to/Ceylon" endorsed in another hand "Camp Dijatalawa/Tent 41/Hospitaal", minor blemishes. A very scarce Printed Matter usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3304 |
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 1901 (Feb 16) cover from CofGH with 1d tied by very fine 'CERES/CGH' squared-circle, to "Prisoner of War/Off the Bavarians/co
Colonel Vincent/Djatalawa Camp/Ceylon", Colombo transit & 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/AP9/01' arrival backstamps. Many Germans served as volunteers with the Boers in South Africa. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3305 |
PSE |
 1901 2c Postal Card from the Dutch Consul in Colombo to Ragama Camp with 'MAHARA' cds & message signed "BA Wennink" who asks
"...whether you have received all post parcels your father sent you...The first 4 shillings your father sent me I have used to pay import duty and railfreight...I am not sure whether I sent you the 5 shillings [he] sent me...when there was no more
duty and freight on parcels". Fascinating postal commentary. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3306 |
PSE |
 1901 (May 6) registered cover to France with 5c x5 tied by 'THE CAMP' cds (LRD; recorded 3½ months only), superb boxed 'R' cachet,
light toning; and 1902 (June 21) usage of 6c Envelope to Holland wth 2c 3c & 4c tied by very fine 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds; both with large 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet in violet across the flap.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3307 |
PSE |
 1901 (May 9) large-part QV 10c pink Registration Envelope (reduced at left) from the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank (Colombo) to "The
Commandant/Prisoner of War/Diyatalawa" with rare Three Issue Six Colour franking of 1886 5c x2 & 25c x2, 1893-99 30c & 2r50c and 1899-1900 15c (defective) & 1r50c, 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' cancels & black/pink 'Insured/VALEUR DECLAREE' label on the
reverse, 'CAMP COMMANDANT'S OFFICE/14MAY1901/ * DIYATALAWA * ' cachet in violet on both sides & superb strike of the Commandant's facsimile autograph handstamp 'AC Vincent' also in violet, small flap-repair & minor blemishes mostly on the reverse. A
remarkable domestic item enhanced by the usage of two of the large format values, all of which are rare on cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3308 |
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 1901 (May 31) domestic inter-camp cover to "L Groenewald/Hut 52/Diyatalawa Kamp" with 5c tied by very fine 'GALKISSA' cds and
intact & undamaged 'E [crown] R/OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW' label over 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/JU1/01' arrival backstamp proving that the label was applied at the Camp, light Camp censor cachet on the face. Most such labels were badly damaged on opening.
Galkissa PO was situated at Mount Lavinia & was renamed thus in 1909. From 17.12.1901, there was a convalescent camp at the Mount Lavinia Grand Hotel. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3309 |
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 1901 (July 19) stampless cover to Germany with 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds & superb fancy 'T'-in-box handstamp, Leipzig arrival cds of
4.8.1901 & endorsed "40" in blue, minor imperfections. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3310 |
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 1901 (Aug 8) mourning cover with Cape ½d & 1d x2 tied by 'MOSSEL BAY/CGH' squared-circle & small 'maldirige' (= missent) handstamp,
to a POW at Diyatalawa in "Tent 79/Hut 1" but redirected within the compound with a light but fine strike of the idiosyncratic and rare 'lemon' 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/ Unclaimed/John F FAURE PM' cachet in magenta, minor blemishes. The fancy cachet
unrecorded by Ted Proud: Richard Stroud noted "several examples" between 26.12.1900 & 8.1.1902, a period of only 13 days. It was probably withdrawn because it was inscribed with the postmaster's name: see the next lot. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3311 |
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 1901 (Aug 9) cover from a Boer POW in South Africa with superb 'BURGHER CAMP/9AUG1910/ STANDERTON' cachet in magenta & signed "F
Winfield/Supt" and 'ERI' 1d tied by very fine 'STANDERTON' cds, to "prisoner of war/Bermuda" but missent to Ceylon with 'DIYATALAWA/SP16/01/MO&SBK' arrival backstamp (the ERD; recorded by Ted Proud for only six weeks), endorsed on the face "Unclaimed
Diyatalawa Camp/JFF" (postmaster JF Faure) in rosine and "Bermuda" in blue pencil, small repaired tear at right & minor blemishes. The only recorded example of the manuscript "Unclaimed...", but strongly supporting our suggestion that the Unclaimed
cachet was withdrawn because it included the postmaster's name: see the previous lot. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
