Boer War Prisoners of War continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3312 |
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 1901 (Aug 16) cover between POWs in Ceylon & Inda with 'PASSED CENSOR POW/EJB/DIYATALAWA' cachet of EJ Baumann and superb 'CENSOR
POW/CE NIXON BA/AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA' both in violet, light toning mostly on the reverse. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3313 |
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 1901 (Sep 20 & Oct 24) covers from Holland with 12½c tied by Dieren or s'Gravenhage cds, both to Dr JD Koster at Diyatalawa
redirected to "Kandy" with 'PASSED CENSOR POW/EJB/DIYATALAWA' cachet & Kandy arrival backstamp, a few faults on the reverse. 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. Richard Stroud recorded only 22 covers to parolees. See also Lot 3297.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3314 |
PSE |
 1901 (Sep 21) usage of 6c Postal Card to "POW Camp/Bermuda Islands/care of Camp Commdt" with very fine 'PRISONERS OF
WAR/PASSED/CENSOR/BERMUDA' cachet in blue, and 1902 (Jan 7) similar usage to "Prisoners of War Camp Tent B4/Darrells Island/Bermuda", both with 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds, both from a son to his father.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3315 |
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 1901 (Oct 7) cover from Orange River Colony with very fine 'PASSED CENSOR POW/FRNF/DIYATALAWA' cachet, repaired minor tear at
upper-left; and 1902 (Mar 3) beautiful embossed chromolitho PPC from Germany with large 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' cachet, minor blemishes; both redirected to "Hambantota" in rosine, the second with 'HAMBANTOTA/MR25/02' arrival cds. On 19.09.1901, a
seaside convalescence camp was opened at Hambantota Prison, on the island's central south coast, about 120km ENE of Galle. This was the smallest of the POW installations.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3316 |
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 1901 (Oct 25) cover-front to "Diatalawa Campo/Hut No 9/Ceylon" with St Helena 1d tied by superb 'Maltese Cross' cancel & 'PRISONERS
OF WAR/["initials"]/CENSOR/BROADBOTTOM CAMP' cachet in violet; and 1901 cover endorsed "Krygsgevangene" (= POW) from Diyatalawa to "Broadbotham Camp/St Helena/Tent 88", Colombo transit backstamp. [See also Lot 3904]
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3317 |
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 1901 (Nov 2) registered cover from a Boer POW in the Transvaal with very fine 'BURGHER CAMP/ 2NOV1901/KRUGERSDORP' &
'KRUGERSDORP/PBC/AE MAINWARING' in purple on the reverse, to a POW at "Mount livhina" [sic] endorsed in Afrikaans "mit haas..." (= with haste), 'ERI' 1d x5 tied by Krugersdorp cds, the reverse with transits of Johannesburg Durban & Colombo and
'GALKISSA/NO23/01' arrival cds, redirected to "59A Hut/Diyatalawa" in red, the large censor label largely removed to reveal the datestamps & opened-out for display. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3318 |
PSE |
 1901 (Dec 20) Transvaal 1d Postal Card to a Boer POW at "Peace Camp/Diyatalawa", and 1902 (Mar 1) CofGH cover to "Dijatalawa/Camp
hut 71/Vrieede Kamp" both redirected to "Urugasmanhandiya", minor blemishes. 176 Boers volunteered to join the Indian Army and, on 10.9.1901, they were moved to a so-called Peace Camp at Urugas, some 50km north of Galle. The Indian proposal
fell-through and the POWs remained at Urugas as parolees. These are the only items we have seen with direct references to the Peace Camp. (2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3319 |
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 1901 (early-Dec) homemade wrapper endorsed "Registered/Bookpost" at upper-left, "Open voor inspection" at the top & "Sender/CPTh v
Olst" at lower-right, to Holland with 5c & 15c tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds, Camp censor cachet in violet, Italian Naples transit backstamp & 'PIROSCAFI/ESTERI' cachet (= foreign steamers) & Amsterdam arrival backstamp of '30/DEC/01', some light
soiling & a small repair at upper-left. A remarkable item: registered third-class mail is rare; and Theophilus van Ost was an inmate at Welikada Jail from 11.12.1901 until -.2.1902. See also Lot 3324. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3320 |
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 1901 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) cover from SAfrica to "Welikada Colombo" with Cape 1d tied by 'KIMBERLEY' cds & 'PASSED CENSOR/W
HILTON/MAJOR/KIMBERLEY' cachet below, East London transit & Colombo arrival backstamp of 'JA25/02', light but obvious strike of the rare triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR POW/RAGAMA' cachet in violet on the face, minor blemishes. Welikada Prison is
Ceylon/Sri Lanka's largest jail. It was built by the British in 1841, and during the Boer War, it housed the most troublesome POWs. Only three examples of the triangular cachet are recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3321 |
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 1901-02 three missent covers 1) mourning cover from Transvaal to India with Ceylon transit & large 'CENSOR POW/.../AHMEDNAGAR
INDIA' cachet in violet; 2) from 'QUAGGA/CGH' with BN '1009' cancel to "Diiyatalawa Camp/Via Bombay"; and 3) mourning cover from Orange River Colony to "St Helena Deadwood Camp" with Colombo backstamp.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3322 |
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 1901-02 consular mail comprising covers from Diyatalawa to "le Consul de France/Colombo" and from Ragama to "Consul
OVS/Augsberg/Germany", and two Dutch covers to POWs care of the "Consul des Pays-Bas" (= the lowlands = the Netherlands) both redirected to Diyatalawa with complete black/pink censor labels of different sizes & then to "Turret Lodge/Turret
Place/Colombo", the addressee having apparently been parolled.
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3323 |
PSE |
 1902 (Jan 10) usage of 6c+6c Reply Card to Holland with the message headed "Welikada Jail Colombo 10-1-02" but processed through
Diyatalawa with the Camp cds & superb 'PASSED CENSOR/EJB/ DIYATALAWA' cachet in violet, Amsterdam arrival cds of '5/FEB/02' & partial-postman's delivery handstamp on the reverse. Only five covers are recorded posted from the jail. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3324 |
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 1902 (Oct) registered cover-front to Amsterdam with 5c x2 & 15c tied by poor Diyatalawa Camp cds, oval Camp censor's cachet in
violet & boxed 'R' cachet, Italian 'PRIOSCAFI/ESTERI' (= foreign steamers), unclaimed and returned to Colombo where endorsed in blue-pencil "Return to POW/van Olst Welikada", minor toning at the base. By the time this article was returned, the
sender, Theophilus van Olst had been sent to Welikada Jail, where he was held from 11.12.1901 until -.2.1902. See also Lot 3319. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3325 |
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 1902 (Jan 28) cover front to "The Hon Secretary/Boer Football Club/Uregasmanhandiya" with 5c tied by 'GALLE' cds, stained at the
base, with the enclosure to "T Curran/The Camp" stating "Dear Curran. If it stops raining I will turn out to play...G Hilton Adjt". A remarkable insight into the affable relations between the Boers & their captors. Theophilus John Curran was one of
the "Irreconcilables", the Boers who preferred confinement to making an Oath of Allegiance to England. Uregasmanhandiya was a small POW camp on the Galle Road from Colombo, about 50km north of Galle.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3326 |
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 1902 (Feb 9) entire address-label endorsed "Printed matter" on slightly larger parcel-piece, unusually to Belgium with 4c 5c & 6c
tied by light 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds, largely very fine strike of the huge 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' cachet in violet, minor faults & a little stained. Ex Gary Watson. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3327 |
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 1902 (Feb 10) cover from Sweden to a Swedish POW at "Hut No 1 Camp No 3/Ragama Ceylon" with 5o x4 tied by Stockholm cds, the
reverse with very fine 'TRELLEBORG-SASSNITZ/142B' TPO cds, Turin & Colombo transits & 'RAGAMA CAMP/MR2/02' arrival cds, minor blemishes. Ex Gary Watson. The Scandinavian Corps comprised about 1350 volunteers who fought with the Boers. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3328 |
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 1902 (Feb 20) cover from the Transvaal to "Welikada Convict Est/Colombo", Colombo arrival backstamp of MR11/02, very minor
flap-damage. Addressed to JF Bothma who, with Theophilus John Curran, was co-editor of the handwritten jail newspaper 'The Welikada Justice'. Bothma was a persistent escapee who, after several incidents, was confined to Welikada. Ironically, he ended
up in the Urugas Peace Camp. See 'Prisoners of the Boer War in Ceylon & the Dutch East Indies' by Brohier & Woodruff (2015) pages 159-162.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3329 |
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 1902 (Mar 4) cover-front to "Con[valescent] Hospital/Mt Levinia POW Camp" with 5c tied by very fine 'URUGASCAMP' cds (one word in
error; ERD; illustrated by Ted Proud & recorded 13 months only) with very fine strike of the rare double-oval 'PASSED CENSOR/4MAR1902/URUGASMANHANDIYA' cachet (LRD; recorded by Richard Stroud 24.10.1901 to 20.1.1902) in violet. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3330 |
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 1902 (Mar 16) registered cover to a Medicinalrat (= medical advisor) in Bavaria with 5c x3 & 15c tied by 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds, light
strike of the huge 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' cachet in violet, fancy 'R'-in-box cachet, Colombo transit & 'NEUBURGAD/6/APR/02' arrival backstamps, light ironed-out horizontal & vertical folds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3331 |
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 1902 (Apr 18) cover to CofGH with 5c pair & 6c tied by 'DIYATALAWA/MO&SBK' cds and fancy-boxed 'REGISTERED' cachet in rosine, with
superb boxed 'R' alongside Cape black/white 'OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW' label (opened-out for display) tied by 'PASSED CENSOR/7MAY1902/EAST LONDON' datestamp in violet, 'WOODSTOCK STATION/10MY/02/CGH' arrival backstamp. Richard Stroud recorded only
four covers cancelled with the rosine cachet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
