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 3333. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3296
Symbol: C
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$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3297
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3298
Symbol: C
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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3299
Symbol: CPS
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$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3300
Symbol: C
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.
(6) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3301
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 290.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3302
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3303
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3304
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3305
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3306
Symbol: CPS
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.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3307
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3308
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3309
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3310
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3311
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3312
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3313
Symbol: C
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.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3314
Symbol: PS
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.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3315
Symbol: C
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.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3316
Symbol: C
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]
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3317
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3318
Symbol: PSC
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3319
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3320
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 480.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3321
Symbol: C
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.
(3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3322
Symbol: C
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.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3323
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3324
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3325
Symbol: C/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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3326
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3327
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3328
Symbol: C
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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3329
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3330
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3331
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3332
Symbol: C
1902 (Apr 29) parcel address-panel endorsed "Printed" from Denmark to a Danish POW at "Hambantota/ Ceylon" with 3o 8o & 20o x3 tied by over-inked Copenhagen cds, boxed 'DANEMARK/ R ' cachet below, Colombo transit cds of MY19/02, poor Hambantota arrival cds & light but clear double-oval 'POW/ PASSED/CENSOR/HAMBANTOTA' cachet in violet. Ex Kenneth Griffith. Rare registered Printed Matter article. A small number of Danes served in the predominantly Swedish Scandinavian Corps. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3333
Symbol: C/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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3334
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3335
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3336
Symbol: C
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 to various parts of Ceylon. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3337
Symbol: CPS
Balance of the collection on Bruce Haynes' exhibit pages with better items including censor cachets & labels from both South Africa & Ceylon, plenty of postmark content, a few registered items, others missent or taxed, covers to camps at Mount Lavinia, Hambantota & Urugas, inter-camp mails within Ceylon and to/from South Africa & a couple of others including Basutoland, several from overseas probably to Foreign Volunteers who had served with the Boers including a letter card from Belgium (toned), some attractive postcards & postal stationery, etc, condition rather mixed but a bargain at the estimate.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
CEYLON
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3229
Symbol: */**O
1880s-1950s predominantly mint collection with 1885 'One Rupee/Twelve/Cents' overprint on QV Perf 12½x14 plus Perf 12½ used, 1886 QV Crown/CC Wmk 1r12c x2 and with 'On/Service' overprint used, 1893-99 2r50c purple/red x2 and 1898-99 '1R.50C' & '2R.25C' overprints plus all three with 'SPECIMEN' overprint, 1899-1900 1r50c red & 2r25c blue, also including 1903-05 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk set, 1910-11 Multiple Crown CA Wmk set, 1912-26 KGV Keyplates sets with extra shades & papers plus Crown CA Wmk 10r Die II & 20r *, 5r & 10r both Die II used and 'SPECIMEN' overprints 10r 20r 50r & 100r (the last two with slightly tropicalised gum), and Script CA Wmk 20r *, 1927-29 KGV New Design set * & 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1935 KGV Pictorials set * (including 3c Perf 14), in blocks of 4 **, used & Specimen punctures, 1938-52 KGVI Pictorials set */** plus extras including Perf 13x11½ 50c, Perf 13x13½ 2c, 3c & 50c and Line Perf 14 3c & 50c and similar used as well as 2r (both) imprint blocks of 4 **, then KGVI Heads 5r Chalk-Surfaced Paper single & block of 4 **, Ordinary Paper single ** plus two extra shades * and used x4, 10r ** & postally used and 20r fiscally used, etc, some with minor blemishes, gum tropicalisation and/or hinge remainders but generally fine to very fine, Cat £7000+.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3230
Symbol: O*
Dealer's stockbook with Imperfs including 6d unwatermarked plate proof in purple-brown, 5d 1/- & 1/9d all with full margins. No Wmk Perf 13 1/-, 1885 15c on 16c mint. 1893-99 2r50c, etc, also Revenue QV 100r and QEII 20r & 50r, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, some misidentified & nothing has been expertised so necessarily offered "as is".
(300+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3231
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: 2a (4 margins
1857-2004 collection in stockbook and on hagners including QV mint and used range with 1857 1d blue SG 2a (4 margins), KGV to 2r, 1935 Jubilee 50c Dot by Flagstaff SG 397h used; KGVI 1938 to 5r mint including 2c Perf 13½x13, 1943 5c Apostrophe Flaw SG 387fa ** in a block of 14 & in a complete sheet */**, KGVI 10r & 20r postal fiscals used; condition variable, Cat £2800+.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3232
Symbol: #*OPS
Collection on leaves with lots of problems from having been kept in Ceylon for many years but there are some better items - many with hinge remainders - including a very fine used Imperf 5d, Perf 12½ ½d mint (a bit aged), 3d carmine mint, '28 CENTS' on 32c with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp in Red, well-centred 2r50c & '2R 25C' on 2r50c mint, KGVI 5r mint x4 & 10r used, etc, postmark interest, Cat £1300+ just for the pages illustrated here & on our website; plus fine to very fine postal stationery x20.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3233
Symbol: P
1857 Six Pence imperforate plate proofs on ungummed unwatermarked paper comprising State 1 marginal pair in black, the first unit with margins just clear to huge, the other a little cut-into; then in brown-purple State 2 single [Pos 83], margins just touching - at lower-right - to good with a fragment of the adjoining unit at base; and State 3 single [Pos 133], margins just shaved - at base - to huge and a marginal vertical pair [Pos 72/84], margins just clear to humungous. (6 units) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3234
Symbol: P
1857 Six Pence piece of Large Star Watermark paper from the left of the sheet with twelve impressions of the Star (3x4) & 'POSTAGE' in the margin at left, affixed at the corners to a piece of black backing paper otherwise superb. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3235
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1
1857 Imperforate on Blued Paper 6d purple-brown SG 1, close even margins, small blemish on the neck & bend at upper-left, a couple of minor aging marks, unused, Cat £12,000. Ex Baron Percy de Worms (1938, Lot 28, sold for the then handsome sum of £14). BPA Certificate (1938). A rare stamp, that was absent from the 'Besancon' collection. The superb example in Joseph Hackmey Part I (2009) sold for US$19,200. Kimmel & Pearson at pages 18-20 state "the bluing is slight ... only eighteen unused examples have been recorded." (Image1)
