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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1616

(x) Swaziland
1898 (11 Aug.) ½d. green card (minor creasing) from Bremersdorp to Pretoria, cancelled by fine double-ring datestamp and with arrival c.d.s. (14.8) at lower left corner, the text on reverse confirming the principal reason for unrest being the refusal by natives to pay tax. A rare cover from the Unrest In Swaziland period. Photo

Note: At this time there was a poor relationship between the natives in Swaziland and the Z.A.R. Government. In 1898 great unrest was caused by the Z.A.R. imposing taxes on natives and the exercise by native officials of traditional powers over their internal affairs which were considered by the Z.A.R. to be incompatible with civilised norms. This Unrest Period is fully described on pages 151-156 of the handbook

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Estimate
£700 to £800