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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 150

(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 (10 Mar.) "in dienst." envelope (265x117mm.) addressed in the handwriting of Commandant General Louis Botha to the Supreme Commander of British troops in Ladysmith, signed by Botha at the lower left corner and carried across the lines by hand ten days after the relief, the reverse with "deputy adjutant general./south african forces" oval-framed datestamp in violet; a few small faults though a possibly unique item of mail between the two leaders

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£260