1900 (mostly) to 1902 military, POW & civilian covers with various cachets of administrative officers, provosts, commissioners, etc, all used in lieu of censor handstamps, condition variable but generally fine. A very interesting lot.
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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: 3928
Symbol: CPS
1899-1902 mail to Boer Prisoners of War at Alfred Docks Hospital x3, Barberton (with 'PASSED - CENSOR/P OF W'-in-triangle cachet), Bloemfontein x4 (one to the "Refugee Camp", and one redirected to Ladysmith then to "Montrose/Bermuda"), Capetown Gaol, Green Point x4 (one registered, endorsed "£3 enclosed"), Howick Refugee Camp, Ladysmith x2 (both with 'PASSED - CENSOR/P OF W'-in-triangle cachet), Ladysmith Refugee Camp, The Castle x2, Tin Town x2 (one with small illustration of the barracks) and defective Postal Card to "Concentration Camp/Middleburg" forwarded to "Watervaal Boven", condition very mixed & a few are fronts only.
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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: 3929
Symbol: CPS
Prison Ships partly-annotated covers - some are fronts only - addressed to/redirected to 'Armenian' x2 (one from 'THABA'NCHU/ORC'), 'Bavarian' (very fine 'CENSOR/GREEN/POINT/PRISONERS OF WAR' cachet), 'Catalonia' x2 (one from 'HOTTENTOTS KLOOF'; plus Natal ½d Postal Card to France with message headed "SS Catalonia/...Durban" but posted at Cape Town & taxed because the Natal postage was invalid), 'City of Cambridge', 'Columbian' x3 (one registered, oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/.../AG DUFF, Major' datestamp, 'Howarden Castle' x2 (one an OFS registration envelope), 'Kildonan Castle' (registered from Pretoria), 'Manila' x6, 'Mongolian' x2, 'Penelope' x3 (one with boxed 'CENSOR TO PRISONERS OF WAR/...'), 'Pindari' x2 or 'Yorkshire' (endorsed "on parole"), plus four addressed to "Simons Town" presumed to be for delivery to prison ships, many redirections, condition rather mixed as should be expected. A fascinating lot.
(29) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3930
Symbol: CPS/D
Consignment remainders with 1900 OAS covers to Canada (with oval 'CANADIAN CONTINGENT/...' datestamp) and to NSW, POW covers to Bermuda x3 (to Darrells Island x2 or Burts Island), to Ceylon x4 (one from Rhodesia but with all but one 1d stamp removed; two to TJ Curran at "Welikada Goal" [sic] or at Diyatalawa redirected to "Welikada"), India x3 or St Helena, 1900 covers from Transvaal or Germany both with boxed 'STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER' cachet, Consular Mail with cachets of French or Italian consuls and from Norway to "Swedish Norwegian Consulate", two covers - one truncated - from Transvaal to Delagoa Bay accommodation address for native miners, PPCs pro-British x3 & pro-Boer x3, complete 'The Friend' newspaper with GB 1d lilac to Scotland (badly aged), marvellous photograph of British & Town Guard officers at Steytlerville (creased) & cover from there censored "TP" (= T Patterson), 1901 Martial Law 'General Permit' "to move about by road" & another different endorsed "Street Pass", 1899 Boer roneo'd 'NACHT PERMIT', etc, several civilian items, some are fronts only & the condition very mixed but most are presentable to fine. A very good buy at the estimate!
(58 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3931
Symbol: C
1899 (Oct 24) stampless cover endorsed "Veld dienst" (= field post) to Johannesburg with very fine straight-line 'PK Newcastle 24 10' cachet in violet, minor faults; and 1900 (Apr 3) cover to Johannesburg with ZAR 1d with superb 3-line 'Veldpost ZAR/NewCastle/3 April 1900' cachet in blue, minor blemishes. Appealing duo. (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: 3932
Symbol: C
1900 (Jan 30 & Feb 7) stampless covers from British POWs of the Boers but without POW endorsement, both with large-part '[arms & flags]/COMMANDANT GENERAL' datestamp in purple, 'PRETORIA' cds and triangular censor cachet in violet, Durban transit backstamp, the first to the Cape with superb '5D' tax handstamp, the other to England redirected with 'CHELSEA/SW - 11 ' duplex.
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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: 3933
Symbol: C
1900 (Jan 11) cover to "AS Engelbregt/Prisiner [sic] of Belmont/Convict Station Docks/Capetown" with Orange Free State 1d x3 tied by 'BRANDFORT/ORC' cds, largely very fine 'POSTMEESTER GENERAL/[arms & flags]/ORANJE VRY STAAT' cachet in blue used as an ad hoc censorship marking & British 'Opened Under Martial Law' label and Cape Town arrival cds of 1FEB00, light soiling. Adriaan Stephanus Engwelbrecht was one of 40 members of the Brandfort Commando captured at the Battle of Belmont on 23.11.1899. A year later he was sent to St Helena per SS 'Bavarian'. (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: 3934
Symbol: C
1900 1900 (Feb 1 & Mar 1) pair of red/white Ladysmith Siege PPCs both with the message headed "Ladysmith/Natal", the first to his girlfriend in Cape Town but sent to his parents in Victoria (!) and the second to his parents ("...I have come safely through the siege...") but sent to his girlfriend (!), both with 'LADYSMITH/MR2/1900/NATAL' cds & different tax markings & the second with 'CHARGE CLERK' cds of Cape Town, both a bit spotty & the second with two creases.
(2) (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: 3935
Symbol: C/D**
1900 (Feb 23) cover to "Pte John S Adlam/1st Life Guards/Modder River/Or elsewhere" with Cape of Good Hope 1d tied by 'OBSERVATORY ROAD' squared-circle, fancy-boxed 'BRIEVEN CENSUUR/Watervaal Krijgsgevangenis' (= Letter Censorship/Watervaal POW Camp) cachet in violet at upper-left, small peripheral tears & minor rust-marks at the top. With the enclosed letter headed "Valkenberg [Lunatic] Asylum/Mowbray/Cape Town" - the writer presumably worked there - that states "... I thought you had been shot or taken prisoner ... The relief of Kimberley the other day was grand work ... I expect Ladysmith will be relieved in a few days ... I am sending you ... a few stamps ...", four small sections excised by the censor who initialled the first page. Pte Adlam was with the Kimberley Relief Force but had been captured at the Battle of Modder River. Kimberley was relieved on 15.2.1900, & Ladysmith on 28.2.1900. A block of 6 1d stamps - apparently those included with the letter - is present.
(3 items) (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: 3936
Symbol: C
1900 (Feb 28) social cover to London with Natal 1d tied by very fine straight-line 'LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE/Feb.28th 1900' in violet & 'LADYSMITH/MR1/1900/NATAL' cds, London arrival backstamp of 'MR26/00', minor peripheral faults & light vertical fold. Posted on the day the siege was lifted. (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: 3937
Symbol: C
1900 (May 2) stampless OHMS cover with 'BORDER MOUNTED RIFLES' imprint at lower-left, to London with double-circle rubber 'ARMY POST OFFICE/ 3 M B /SOUTH AFRICA' cds & 'JF Rethman/Officer Commanding/BMR' cachet both in violet, Durban transit backstamp & London arrival of 25MY00 in red on the face, minor blemishes. (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: 3938
Symbol: C
1900 (Dec 7) stampless On Active Service cover endorsed ".../G Company/1st S Lancashire Regt/Dundee/Natal" to a member of "Dukes Mounted Infantry/Towns [sic] River/Cape Colony", very fine 'FIELD-POST-OFFICE/ 3 /DE7/00/BRITISH-ARMY-S-AFRICA' cds & superb '1D' tax handstamp, the reverse with 'CHARGE CLERK/DE13/00' transit applied at Cape Town & 'TOUWS RIVER/DE14/00' arrival cds, minor blemishes still unusually fine & attractive Forces mail. (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: 3939
Symbol: C
1900-01 covers from British soldiers to England from 'MAFEKING' x2 (one is almost very fine), 'NAAUWPOORT', 'POSTMEESTERS KANTOOR/POTCHEFSTROOM' on Great Britain 1d lilac, or 'WYNBERG' (very fine), only two of them counter-signed; also 1898 printed envelope for '1st King's Rl [= Royal] Rifles' with Cape of Good Hope 1d (poor cancel) & countersigned; some minor soiling.
(6) (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: 3940
Symbol: CPS
1901-03 cover & two Postal Cards all from the Netherlands to JWF Rahder at Pretoria or Johanneburg x2 with triple-oval 'DIRECTOR OF PRISONS OFFICE/1NOV01/PRETORIA' in violet, seriffed 'JOHANNESBURG/ 24JAN1903/PRISON' in purple or superb sans-serif 'JOHANNESBURG/28MAR1903/PRISON' in rosine, the messages on the cards both begin (translated) "Dear Wim", a very fine rare & desirable trio.
John Wilhelm Frederik Rahder was born in Holland & migrated to the Transvaal in the 1890s. He was arrested at Pretoria in -.08.1901 & charged with treason for assisting Burghers to escape from the city to join the Boer Commandos. He was sentenced to death but this was commuted to 2½ years hard labour. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Coins
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4278
Symbol:
KRUGERRRAND: 1974 gold (33.93g, 0.917) KM73, obv. Paul Kruger, rev. Springbok, total agw 1oz troy, a few contacts, aUnc. (Image1)
Estimate AU$4,000
Opening AU$ 4,000.00
Sold...AU$ 4,400.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 4400
SOUTH AFRICA & PROVINCES SOUTH AFRICA & PROVINCES
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3923
Symbol: O
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: Extensively annotated selection of forgeries of the Triangles with 'Woodblocks' 1d scarlet, 4d blue x3 and Errors of Colour 1d blue & 4d scarlet x2, etc, a few are good enough to fool most collectors, plus a few genuine stamps including a 4d on an outer to which it does not belong, generally very fine.
(45 + cover) (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: 3924
Symbol: #
Cat No: 18c 19 & 19a
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1863-64 Hope Triangles De La Rue Printings 1d brown-red, 4d deep blue and 4d blue SG 18c 19 & 19a, all with margins close to good, Cat £1350. An attractive trio. (3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3925
Symbol: F
Cat No: M18
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - SIEGE OF MAFEKING: 1900 3d Sgt Goodyear on Bicycle deep blue/blue SG M18, large-part Mafeking cds cancel, Cat £375. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3926
Symbol: *
Cat No: 140
NATAL: 1902 KEVII 'POSTAGE REVENUE' Keyplates Crown CC Watermark 5/- blue & rose, £1 black & blue and £1.10 green & violet SG 140, 142 & 143, the latter two well-centred, all with small hinge remainders, the £1.10 a little aged with a few uneven perfs, Cat £1065. (3) (Image1)
