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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 167

(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
1900-02 selection of military mail, comprising 1900 unstamped soldier's envelopes (2) and 1901 envelope with V.R.I. ½d. pair, all with F.P.O. 4 c.d.s., one taxed 1d., 1900 and 1902 soldier's envelopes, both franked with 1d., one marked "No stamps available on active service" the other from Capt. Wallace at Rooi Grond, complete with letter including various comments on Mafeking and the Boers, and 1902 from Lt. L.K. D-Arcy marked "No stamps available" with squared-circle datestamp and triangular-framed censor mark

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