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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 147

(x) Ladysmith
The town was besieged from 1 November 1899 until 28 February 1900
Nearly all mail was detained in Ladysmith until the siege ended although a few covers are known to have been smuggled out during the siege
1900 (19 Jan.) envelope to London marked "On active service. Sufficient stamps not obtainable" and, on reverse, "If this falls into the hands of the Boers please forward when finished with", considered overweight and bearing single 1d. with double-ring datestamp, cancelled "10c" tax mark and London Paid "datestamp" most unusually without date, and 1900 (5 Feb.) unstamped envelope to India, marked "On native service no stamps obtainable", despatch c.d.s. and with "T" and "5c" tax marks crossed through, Durban (3.3), Tuticorin (3.4) and Bareilly (9.4) c.d.s. on reverse; faults in places though a most unusual pair

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