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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4064

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection

The Boer War
1900-01 group of four Prison Ship covers, comprising 1900 (Feb.) from Cape Town to Holland franked at 3d. and showing framed "censor to prisoners of war." signature handstamp, 1901 (Jan.) envelope and front from Transvaal to P.O.W.s at Cape Town on the S.S. Hawarden Castle and Kildonan Castle respectively, both franked at 1d. and censored with the former having postage due charge deleted, and (Feb.) registered envelope from Aliwal North to a P.O.W. on the S.S. Kildonan Castle with superb triangular-framed censor cachet in violet. An unusual quartet

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£130