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| Country: Great Britain Clear Subject: BOER WAR Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | Mail to GREEN POINT Prisoner of War, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1901 Great Britain QV ½d Post Card with added QV ½d lilac pmk'd Birmingham AP 11 01 to Mr. Whittall, Savoy Hotel, Kimberley, South Africa with KIMBERLEY MY 2 01 arrival, re-directed Officers Quarters Room F, Prisoner of War, Green Point Town with CGH ½d green pmk'd KIMBERLEY 14 MY 01 with blue circular CENSOR PRISONER OF WAR on address panel, lengthy text. £75 |
;) | P.O. BANK, Transvaal postmark/cancel in turquoise ink dated 15 MEI 1902 on GB QV 1d lilac 16 dots (SG.172) War concluded by peace on 31st May 1902. 1st office opened in 1897 and temporarily closed during the Boer War but re-opened 10 December 1900, moved to Railway Station on 15 October 1902. £150 |