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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 154

(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 "Long Tom" Siege Cards
An essay in blue drawn by Earl Roberts in a vertical format on thick card (105x163mm.) showing military personnel and civilians above an entrenchment and headed "New Years Greetings", marked on reverse "That was printed in the siege in Ladysmith "; soiled, severed vertically and repaired, nevertheless very rare being one of only three examples believed to exist. Also (ex. Griffith) 1900 Valentine card printed in Ladysmith on thick photographers card showing soldiers with horse bodies and inscribed "The Siege Valentine" and "In commemoration of the horseflesh diet, called Chevril. Siege of Ladysmith 14th. February, 1900."

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