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Auction: 14018 - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, featuring Occupation and Siege Issues, The Harry Birkhead Collection
Lot: 171

(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 (18 Mar.) typed message on rice paper from Capt. J.A. More, commanding the Railway Division, with a fascinating group of notes regarding life in Mafeking during the siege, a further part of a message from Capt. More on rice paper with "Extracts from general orders, concerning Railway Division, issued by Col. R.S.S. Baden-Powell, Commanding Frontier Force. October 7th 1899.", and 1900 (21 Apr.) envelope (damaged and stamp torn away) to Cape Town, sent out via the Northern Route via Crocodile Pools and Bulawayo

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