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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 159

(x) Lydenburg
The town fell to the British on 6 September 1900. Transvaal stamps and postal stationery found in the town were overprinted "V.R.I." with or without additional surcharge, and used between 7 September and 8 October

Stamps
1d. rose-red and green, with long-tailed "r" and 3d. on 3d. rose-red and green, part original gum; the first with small light fox mark. R.P.S. Certificates (1973 and 1963 respectively). S.G. 2, 5, £300

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Sold for
£130