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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 164

(x) Mafeking
The town was surrounded by the Transvaal Army on 12 October 1899. The siege last seven months and the town was relieved on 17 May 1900 after 217 days
Postal History
1899 (20 Oct.) "In Veld Dienst" envelope (two vertical creases) from the Kraaipan area to Pretoria, showing Lichtenburg double-ring datestamp on face, Ottoshoop (20.10) and arrival (23.10) c.d.s. on reverse; also G.B. 1d. lilac on piece with Lichtenburg squared-circle datestamp (1.6.00, the first day of occupation by British troops)

Note: On 12 October at Kraaipan, 50 miles south west of Mafeking, Boer Troops destroyed the rail tracks and captured a train with several British troops and two guns. Mafeking was invested the following day

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