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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 121

(x) Kuruman
The town was besieged for the first time from 13 November 1899 to 1 January 1900 when it surrendered to Boer forces. General Warren re-occupied the town from 24 June 1900
Postal History
1900 (2 Oct.) unstamped envelope (small faults) "On active service" to Huddersfield, marked "from Trpr. F. Lewin 23rd. Coy I.Y. Bechuanaland" and with a good strike of the new squared-circle datestamp alongside Cape Town Field Post Office c.d.s. (8.10) and tax-cleared London Paid c.d.s. (27.10). Photo

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£160