The
Boer Invasion of Natal
Part of the Richard Stock Display at
Leamington Spa on 8 November 2014 |
½d
postcard to Sweden uprated with ½d Transvaal
stamp
Cancelled VELD-POST 17 APR 1900 INGAGANE
Blue three line handstamp Veldpost Z A R Newcastle
18 April, 1900
transit mark and Stockholm arrival datestamp 27.5.00
Boer Forces reached Ingagane on 16 October 1899 and
the oval handstamp illustrated was used from 1 to
17 April 1900 |
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Field
Post Office - Dannhauser
Dannhauser is 246 miles on the main
railway line north-west of Durban - After the occupation
an oval handstamp was introduced as a canceller,
usually in violet, but sometimes in red - It lasted
about a month when the letters Z.A.R.
were removed.
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The envelope contained a letter from Dr. Charles
Douglas who was interned by the Boers in Dannhauser
- Apparently he had free access
to any part of the town because he had been treating
the Boers |
A cover posted unsealed
and endorsed Open for Inspection
to allow it to be censored. Backstamped at Newcastle
and then sealed, it was again censored and resealed
with a pink censor label Postdepartment Z.A.
Republik Geopend onder Kirjgswet at Pretoria
on 5 January 1900. It was transferred across the lines
because it was backstamped
Durban January 15 1900 and has British
and Irish datestamps London Official Paid
7 Feb 00 and Killeshandra FE 12 00 |
Natal
Entertainment Duty - Photographic Essays |
Spink
in their 9 July 2013 Sale offered 153 A to Z lots
of Contemporary Photographs from the Printer's
Record Books.
Lot 80 offered the three Unadopted Natal Essays as
Illustrated below
Around 100 pages came from the Printer's daily photographic
record books, many being of hand-painted essays and
unaccepted designs. Mostly mounted on card/paper -
The dates are the entry dates into the archive record
books. |
Designs
by Bradbury, Wilkinson |
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Size 28 x 34mm |
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Colour
Red |
Colour
Blue |
Colour
Violet |
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