WORLDWIDE STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY ROBERT JOHNSON - BOER WAR PERIOD P.O.W. MAIL
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 517
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BERMUDA + C.G.H. CAMPS - INGOING MAIL EX O.R.C./TRANSVAAL/C.G.H. INC. CENSORS, 9d-RATE, ETC.; 1899-1902 selection of covers all to POWs inc. 11 to Camps on various Bermuda islands (inc. "Not Darrells", 3 to Burt Island with fine purple 2-ring "PRISONER OF WAR/PASSED/CENSOR/BERMUDA" cachets), plus 15 covers, 1 label & 1 front from a variety of POs to POWs in a variety of CGH Camps incl. rare 16 Nov. 1899 env. from Cape Town to a Boer POW (Figulus) in Krugersdorp with green "CENSOR" mark signed "J. Smuts" (with copy of detailed ABWP article about this cover), unusual large Mar. 1900 bookseller's parcel label endorsed "Per Book Post Rail" with CGH 3d+6d tied by fair Cape Town cogwheel d.s. to Simonstown POW with 2-ring POW censor mark, etc. (27 covers, 1 label & 1 front) Cross Reference : BERMUDA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 600.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 518
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CEYLON & INDIA CAMPS - INGOING MAIL FROM THE CAPE & GERMANY INC. PC, REGD.(?), ETC.; 1900-2 covers/card top POWs at Camps in India (Mar. 1902 env. ex Pretoria with fair fancy Ahmednagar Camp censor etc.) or in Ceylon; one to scarce Ragama Camp, and all the others to Diyatalawa Camp inc. small and large Camp Censor ovals, regd. front with CGH 6d, unusual large part Oct. 1901 env. with six CGH 1d's (2 types) ex Jamestown, SCHOOMBIE/C.G.H., LERIBE/C.G.H., MATATIELE or ESTCOURT/NATAL cds cancels, and Dec. 1900 usage of the German 10pf Red PC (creases) ex INOWRAZLAW (cds cancel). (17 covers, 1 front & 1 PC) Cross Reference : MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - BOER WAR, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, INDIA (Image)
Opening GBP 95.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 519
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ST. HELENA CAMPS - INGOING MAIL EX CAPE/HOLLAND (INC. 3 TO P.O.W. POSTMASTER AT WALBRO' COTTAGE; 1900-2 covers to P.O.W.s on the island incl. 1901 trio ex Holland to Capt. B.G. Verselewel de Witt Hamer, the POW Postmaster who had been allowed to stay in "Walbro Cottage" (one of the three specifically addressed there, another with the triangular "DEADWOOD" Camp censor mark), 1902 env. ex NELSPOORT with red on white CGH censor label, several with the uninitialled 2-ring island censors, a few registered, etc. (21 covers + 2 fronts) Cross Reference : ST. HELENA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - BOER WAR (Image)