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;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | 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 |
;) | PILGRIMS REST, Transvaal postal history dated 26 SEP 08 on 2 x ½d E.R.I. (SG.238) on cover to London, England, opened most of two sides, peripheral faults. £28 |
;) | PRETORIA 1, Transvaal postal history censored cover with 3 x 1d E.R.I. dated 25 OCT 01 to P.O.W. in Ceylon with Durban, Natal transit, soiled. £35 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history: taxed 1d V.R.I. rate cover pmk'd Pretoria 7 JUL 00 to Scotland, peripheral faults and most of flap removed. £20 |
;) | 1901 (NO 26) BOER WAR - ARMY POST OFFICE, KRUGERSDORP to DEMERARA cover dated A/NO 26 01 to Miss Baker c/o Capt. Baker in Georgetown b/stamped 10 JAN 2 arrival, some soiling etc. Interesting research item £175 |
;) ;) | TRANSVAAL postal history: 1901 ½d Briefkaart with added 1d tied both Pretoria 5 MR 01 with BOTHA'S HILL, Natal A/MR 8 01 arrival. £36 |