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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 153

(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
The Siege Handstamp
A selection of envelopes/cards (9, three unaddressed) and pieces (3) with dates between 14 and 28 February, one with "seige" error and one dated 28 February sent out to Pietermaritzburg on 1 March; a couple with faults though generally good to fine

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£180