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;) ;) ;) | TRANSVAAL to ARGENTINA (gold mining period) 1894 use of 1d PSE with added defective 1d pmk'd Pretoria 25 FEB 94 additionally tied by red London MR 8 94 transit, reverse text headed by an unidentified 'camp' (purity, survey?) with Cape Town D/FE 28 94 transit and Buenos Aires AB 15 94 arrival, central vertical crease. Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, in the Transvaal, in 1886. Thousands of white and black South Africans were employed on the mines by 1890. Even though the Transvaal gold mines were the richest in the world they were the most difficult to mine because the reefs lay so deep underground. The gold had to be mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds. £95 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS to TRANSVAAL postal history 1921 reg. cover from The Tortola Drug Store to Langlaagte, Transvaal with KGV ½d, 1d x 3, 2½d (6d rate) pmk'd purple ink TORTOLA A/JA 5 21 d/rings with matching ink ROAD TOWN registration etiquette h/stamped numeral "10", b/stamped Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas JAN 9 1921 and New York 1-17 1921 transits, unevenly opened at right but a wonderful destination cover. £240 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history to JAVA, Nederland Indies 1896 cover with ½d, 2d pmk'd Pretoria 30 JAN 96 to Bandoeng, Java forwarded Willerrede, handstruck RANTJA EKET village str. line, b/stamped BATAVIA 24 3 1896 d/ring, TJIANDJOER 24 3 1896 d/ring, BANDOENG 25 3 1896 d/ring. £325 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | Boer War Irreconcilable F.C. LAUNSPACH (carved wooden serviette ring fame), Bermuda postal history 1902 cover to F.C. Launspach, Burts Island, Bermuda with 2 x Transvaal 1d ovp'd "E.R.I." tied BRAAMFONTEIN, B.O. JOHANNESBURG 4 FEB 1902 9.30am and b/stamped JOHANNESBURG 4 FEB 1902 10.30am where PASSED PRESS CENSOR worn handstamp applied to face, on arrival b/stamped HAMILTON MR 15 1902/C with "Not Darrells" and directed "Hawkins" in red manuscript, the cover opened left edge and at top leaving tears through flap. Very few Bermuda Boer War POW covers can be matched to actual events. F.C. Launspach is listed as one of the prominent personalities amongst the Boer War prisoners detained at Bermuda, and as an irreconcilable was one of the last to leave on 20 August 1904 bound for the United States. Many of the prisoners occupied themselves by making handcraft which were sold in many of the stores in Bermuda. The POWs on Burts Island eventually formed the Industrial Association for Carvings and Curios, and some of these items are preserved in the South African National Museum of Military History including a wooden serviette ring with carved name F C Launspach (see photo of similar type serviette rings). £240 |
;) ;) | THE BIGHT, Bahamas postal history (T.1) arrival dated reversed C/AP 7 91 (year error for 01) on TRANSVAAL 1d V.R.I. Briefkaart pmk'd BOKSBURG 31 JAN 01 from affectionate brother to Rev. R.K. Bennett, Cat Island, Bahamas. During his tenure as Rector (1912) of St. Mary's Church New Providence Reverend Bennett documented changes that met resistance in the church - altar curtains looked at with disapproval, altar lights seen as an unpardonable offence, wafer bread thought of as an insult to the Blessed Sacrement etc. £250 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history 1905 cover to Ladysmith, Natal with KE7 1d tied BRITISH ASSOCIATION JOHANNESBURG purple TRD dated 1 SEP 1905, light central vertical crease. £475 |
;) ;) ;) | ROODEPOORT, Transvaal postal history 1909 KE7 1d carmine PSE to Durban pmk'd 21 JUL 09, opened 3 sides to show full intense offset of the printed design. £175 |
;) | PRETORIA GEREGISTREERD, Transvaal postal history 1893 reg. cover to Hanover, Germany with 4d bronze-green, 6d pale dull blue pmk'd red reg. ovals dated 13 JUN 93. £175 |
;) ;) | MIDDELBURG T, Transvaal postal history telegraph cancel dated 23 JAN 08 on full text KE7 ½d Post Card to Newcastle, Natal. No transit or arrival markings indicating postal carriage. £30 |
;) | MESSINA, Transvaal postal history skeleton dated 2 DE 1935 on South Africa 1d pair, 4d cover to London. £30 |
;) | MALIPS DRIFT, Transvaal postal history 23 DEC 1926 on South Africa KGV 1½d PSE with added KGV ½d to Alnwick re-addressed Carlisle, some soiling. £20 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postal history reg. cover with KE7 1d x 5, KE7 4d pmk'd 6 AUG 04 to Hobart, Tasmania. £16 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG "20", Transvaal postal history reg. cover with KE7 ½d, block of six KE7 1d pmk'd 3 SEP 04 to Hobart, Tasmania, roughly opened top left. £14 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG "3", Transvaal postal history cover with block of six KE7 1d pmk'd 9 AUG 04 to Hobart, Tasmania. £10 |
;) | THABINA, Transvaal postal history 20 AUG 96 tying ½d, 2d (SG.205,207) on cover to Berne, Switzerland. £140 |
;) | PIETERSBURG, Transvaal postal history dated 22 JUL 99 on 2½d (SG.219) cover to Berne, Switzerland. £35 |
;) ;) | RAYTON, Transvaal postal history dated 29 SEP 05 on block of four KE7 1d cover to Hobart, Tasmania, printed "Diamond Mining Co." flap, some soiling. £12 |
;) | DENVER, Transvaal postal history 26 FEB 1917 tying pair SA KGV 2½d on cover, opened 3 sides, to Edinburgh, h/struck DENVER reg. h/stamp. Handstruck DENVER h/stamp Putzel unrecorded £18 |
;) | FORDSBURG, Transvaal postal history 3 SEP 04 tying KE7 ½d, 6d on reg. cover to Tasmania, some soiling. £14 |
;) ;) | HAENERTSBURG, Transvaal postal history 18 APR 05 on KE7 1d PSE to Pietersburg, reverse very fine sender's cachet. £8 |