Boer War Prisoners of War continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3227 |
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$750
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3228 |
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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$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3229 |
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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$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3230 |
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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$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3231 |
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 1901 (Aug 24) beautiful Undivided Back PPC (three views) to "chateau de Simiane/Bouches du Rhone/France" with QV 5c x2 & 6c tied
by 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds and the huge oval 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' cachet in violet, Colombo cds & 'R'-in-box cachet, partial French mail-sorter and faint 'SIMIANE', the brief message states "Souvenir du captivité". Superb. Registered postcards are
extremely elusive. The Castle of Simiane dates from the 17th century. In the 19th century it served as the local town hall & post office. Since 1913 it has been a registered Historic Monument, open to the public. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3232 |
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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$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3233 |
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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.
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3234 |
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)
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3235 |
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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. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3236 |
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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$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3237 |
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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$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3238 |
/D |
 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.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3239 |
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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$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3240 |
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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$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3241 |
/D |
 1902 (July 2) cover to "Simla/India" with 5c (defective) tied by very fine 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds, 'SIMLA/9JL02' arrival backstamp,
light toning. With the enclosed letter headed "1st Glouc Regt/Ceylon" to the writer's sister in which he states "...There's a prison within a mile of this camp where all native convicts undergoing long sentences are sent to. A few days ago 75 of them
suddenly rushed the warders with crowbars & pickaxes. 2 were shot dead & several wounded...there are still about 30 of them loose..." Mail from the British Forces camp guards is rare, this being greatly enhanced for including such a topical letter.
(2 items) (Image1)
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(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3242 |
PSE |
 1902 (Sep 10) use of 6c green Letter Card to "Prisoners Kamp/Dist Pretoria Transvaal" with largely very fine strike of the 'URUGAS
CAMP' cds (recorded 13 months only), Pretoria transit - where endorsed "Irene" - & 'IRENE' arrival backstamps both of 26SEP02, light soiling. Mail from Urugasmanhandiya - rendered by the writer as "Urichhasmeahandied"; close enough! - is much scarcer
than mail redirected there. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3243 |
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 1902 (Sep 19) inter-camp stampless cover with 'DIYATALAWA' cds & fancy 'T'-in-box handstamp, to "Urugasmanhandija" with Colombo
transit & 'URUGAS CAMP/SP21/02' arrival backstamps, opened-out. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3244 |
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 1902 (Nov 13) uncensored cover with 2c & 3c tied by Colombo cds to the reverse, to "GJ Theron Esq (!) POW/Hut No 58/The
Camp/Diyatalawa", very fine. On 31.5.1902, signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging formally ended the Second Boer War. In Ceylon, censorship ended on 17.7.1902 & most of the POWs were released, the majority returning to South Africa, while others chose
to move to the Dutch East Indies. A small number of "Irreconcilables", the hold-outs who refused to sign an Oath of Allegiance to King Edward VII, remained in custody. On 24.9.1903, the final five remaining POWs were released. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
