363 / September 2016

Boer Invasion of Natal: Telegramm by Capt. J.J. Bosman, sent from Zandspruit to Pretoria, with arrival mark at upper left, asking for a urgent delivery of sugar, only 5 days prior to the begin of the invasion, small stain at bottom, a fine and very interesting document

"BURGERSDORP C.G.H. JA 15" and "COLESBERG FE 27" each on cover franked with OFS stamps, addressed to Pretoria resp. Johannesburg, fine

"DUNDEE NATAL NO 11" resp "21 FEB" on ½d. postal stationery and 1d. on cover, both to Johannesburg, fine

"ELANDSLAAGTE 8- FEB. 1900" adapted violett oval cancel on OFS ½d. postal stationery to Johannesburg, fine 

1900, 1d. tied by cds. "HOOFDLAGER 9- JAN 00" to cover to Johannesburg with adjacent blue cds "Veld-Post G.F. FLEISCHER 9 JAN, 1900  DEUITSCH JOHANNESBURG COMMANDOS", fine

1900, fieldpost cover from the war front via "Hoofdlager" to Pretoria, some wear, still attractive and scarce

1900, fieldpost cover from "POTCHEFSTROM 6-JAN"  addressed to a soldier in the "Hoofdlager" of General Cronje, little stains and some tears, scarce

"Veld-Post, Z.A.R CHARLESTOWN 5- MRT 1900" framed oval in violet struck twice on cover franked with ½ and 3d. to Neumarkt, Germany, one stamp a little stained, otherwise fine

"Veldpost Z.A: Glencoe 5 Dec 1899" three-line cancel in violett on ½ postal stationery card via Johannesburg to Roodepost/Transvaal, written by a german volunteer, fine

"Veldpost Z.A.R Glencoe, 15 DEC 1899.", three-line cancel in violett on cover of the Grand Hotel to Volkrust, reverse with arrival and violet three-line "P.K. New Castle * Z..A.R * 16 DEC 1899, folded twice, otherwise fine

"Veldpost, ZAR New Castle. 10. April 1900" three-line cancellation in blue on cover with Transvaal 18985 1d. red to Krugersdrop in Transvaal, reverse with transit- and arrival mark, tiny tear at upper left, otherwise fine, scarce

"Veldpost, ZAR New Castle. 10. April 1900" three-line cancellation in blue as arrival mark on cover franked with Transvaal 1896 ½d. (2), 3d. and 6d. from "HOOFDLAGER 11.APR. 00" (which was near Gelncoe during this time) to New Castle, fine

"Veldpost, ZAR New Castle. 27. April 1900", blue three-line cancel struck twice on illustrated cover franked with ½ and 2d. to Gmernay, little stained and slighty creased, nevertheless attractive

1899/1900, two covers franked with 1d. with three-line cancellation of New Castle, fine

SIEGE OF LADYSMITH: "'LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE/Feb. 27th 1900'' blue two-line cancel on locally addressed cover and cover from the Special Correspondent of "The Daily Telegraph" to Scotland with oval "10c" tax mark, in addition one unused and one used special postcard, first cover folded once, otherwise fine

SIEGE OF LADYSMITH: 3 "Velddienst" covers and one franked envelope, including one cover from Ladysmith to London endorsed "stamps not obtainable", some minor faults, mostly good

Boer advance into the Cape Colony: Telegramm byLt. Hoffmann, sent from Lichtenburgto Pretoria, with arrival mark at upper left, asking for a urgent transport options for animal feed and provisions, sent only a few weeks before the hostilities, a fine and very interesting document

"ALIWAL NORTH C.G.H. JA 24 19" clear cds. on franking Transvaal/OFS on cover to Pretoria with transit mark of Bloemfontein, in addition OFS 1d. postal stationery with adopted cds. "ALIWAL-NORTH FE 10 19", fine

"COLESBERG  C.G.H. FE 23 00" on 1d. on cover to Bloemfontein and on OFS 1½ d. postal stationery to Johannesburg, fine

"PRETORIA 1-MRT 1900" cds. on Transvaal 1d. postal stationery to Breslau, written by a german volunteer who arried with a contingent of 100 men on the 26th of February in Delagoa Bay and where sent to Colesberg, a fine and very interesting card

"COMMANDANT GENERAL 7- FEB. 1900" large round violet censor mark and adjacent blue "G" on cover from a POW camp in Pretoria for british officers to Brighton, with additional triangular british censor mark "PASSED PRESS CENSOR", folded once vertially, otherwise fine

"Geopend onder Krijgswet..." pink censor label on franked cover to Charlottenburg, folded once vertically, otherwise fine, scarce

"Geopend onder Krijgswet..." pink censor label on cover from Lourenco Marques to Johannesburg, part of right backflap missing, otherwise fine, scarce

"GEZIEN, POSTCENSOR, PRETORIA, Z.A.R" boxed violet cachet on franked cover to Ladysmith with additional british triangular censor mark, slightly soiled, otherwise fine

"Postmeester Generaal / Oranje Vry Staat" oval  prosivional censor mark in blue resp. black on two 1d. OFS postal stationery cards to Germany, fine

"SOUTHAMPTON SHIP-LETTER 31 MY" and "PAQUEBOT LIVERPPOL ME 2 01" each on 1881 GB 1d. on cover to Brighton resp Essex, the later endorsed "From No 4043 Pte H. Stringer, 12th R Lancers, South Africa, some wear, still fine and attractive

NATAL FIELD FORCE: 1900, interesting group of 11 cards and covers including with cds. "FIELDPOST OFFICE BO" "FIELDPOST OFFICE 2", octogonal "ARMY POST OFFICE NATAL FIELD FORCE 81" on OHMS envelope and on franked cover, same cds. on franked cover to Malta with closing tape "VR received torn open and officially repaired", mostly fine, some with usual wear

BRITISH FIELDPOST OFFICES AND ARMY POST OFFICES: 1900/01, interesting group of 18 card and covers, many with double circle FPO-cancellations in different types including number 3,7,24,25,31,43,45,50,51,52,53,55 and 100, also large double-framed violett "Army Post Office Volkstrust 2 AUG 1900" on franked cover with pink censor label to Durban, and violet "Army Post Office South Africa 3MB" on OAS cover, also "ARMY POST OFFICE BARBERTON" on cover, a fine group 

LOCALITY AND R.P.O. MILITARY OFFICES: 1902, interesting group of 4 covers from different towns "Machadodorp", "Wonderfontein", "Kroonstad" and "Mafeking" in addition two covers with "P.O.A" cancel, fine

ARMY BASE / P.O. CAPE TOWN: 1900, GB 1d. lilac on cover from England adressed to a soldier at the 3rd Batt. Field Force, at time of delivery location was unclear, redirected via Army Base and forwarded to Kroonstadt, reverse with arrival mark "ARMY BASE P.O. CAPETOWN", in addition a piece of a cover with cancel "Recovered from the Mails/looted by the Boers on June 8", small imperfections

Australian contigents, 1900, ½d. green on complete ½ d. VRI reply card from "SPRINGFONTEIN AP 3 01" to Brisbane with adjacent triangular censor mark, written by a soldier of the Queensland contingent, little soiled, rare

Australian contigents, 1900, ½d. green on ½ VRI postal stationery from "SPRINGTONTEIN MR 24" to Brighton, written by a member of the Victorian Mounted Rifles during his travel from Port Elizabeth to Pretoria, with blue censor mark and transit- and arrival mark, little soiled, otherwise fine, rare

THE CONTINGENTS: Canadian contigents, cover with FPO cancel and red adjacent oval "CANADIAN CONTIGENT MAY 15 1900" to Nepigon with arrival mark, openend on three sides, little tear at top, otherwise fine, scarce

Canadian contingents, cover with FPO cancel and cilet adjacent oval "CANADIAN CONTINGENT SEP 26 1900" to Oakville with arrival mark, little soiled and folded vertical once, tear closed with adhesive on reverse, scarce

Canadian contingents, fieldpost cover with released by a public post office with cancel "DUNDEE MY 11 1902", adjacent straight line "NATAL VOLUNTEER COMPOSITE...", reverse with transit- and arrival mark, small faults, rare cover

"Geopend onder Krijgswet..." pink censor label (boer label type 3 used by a British censor)  and oval censor mark "25 OCT 1900 Johannesburg", on incoming cover from Germany, despite some faults a attractive and interesting cover