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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 151

(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 (Aug.) envelope from Lourencos Marques via Durban to Ladysmith, franked at 100r and with Opened Under Martial Law label, 1901 envelope from Nondweni and card from Harrismith, both uprated, to P.O.W.'s in Ladysmith with both showing framed "P. of War./passed/s.o.p. natal/censor" handstamp, 1902 (Jan.) front from O.F.S. to a P.O.W. in "B Kamp" Ladysmith, and 1902 (30 Apr.) envelope to Harrismith with fine triangular-framed "passed/censor/burgher/camp/ladysmith" cachet in violet

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