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Combination NATAL and British Occupied ORANGE FREE STATE stamps used ORANGE RIVER COLONY 1900 used of "E. No. 708" blue stock NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS (deleted) foolscap cover marked "Regd", "60", "Fee Paid" to Serg. Major C. Stride, Dorset Yeomanry, Wimborne, Dorset with combination Natal block of ten QV 1d carmine and British Occupied OFS 2d purple ovp'd "V.R.I." and 2d pmk'd P.O.A. 107 obliterators, both stamps and adhesives with faults, reverse Wimborne DE 8 00 arrival. The Orange Free State was formally annexed to the British Crown and renamed the Orange River Colony on 28 May 1900. £225
126, Orange River Colony postmark on V.R.I. ½d on ½d (SG.112). £30
1396, Cape of Good Hope postmark used Orange River Colony on Orange River Colony V.R.I. ½d on ½d (SG.112). £24
ARMY TELEGRAPHS, Orange River Colony postmark dated K 23 VII 00 on 10/- orange postal fiscal ovp'd both V.R.I. and A T. £75
REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "3/8/01" at top in red ink with 1d V.R.I. to Paarl, interesting circled red "X" on address panel. £180
REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "22/8/01" in red at top to Simons Town with 1d V.R.I. pmk'd Springfontein cds. £175
17 used LADYBRAND, Orange River Colony postmark (16 bar) on vertical pair V.R.I. ovp'd ½d on ½d orange (SG.112) piece dated LADYBRAND DE 21 00 cds. £14
MOOIHOEK, Swaziland cancel dated 28 OCT 32 on ORC 1d on 1d. £18
KLEINOOD T.O., Transvaal postmark newly discovered purple TRD dated 23 JAN 1935 on 3 x Orange River Colony 1s. on 1/- V.R.I. and damaged corner South Africa 1d on Telegram piece (which should have been destroyed). Putzel unrecorded £150
MHLOTSHENI, Swaziland postmark 26 OCT 32 on ORC 1d on 1d (SG.124) piece. £18
GOEDGEGUN, Swaziland postmark 28 SEP 32 on ORC 6d on 6d (SG.109) piece. £20
PIGGS PEAK, Swaziland postmark 15 OCT 32 on ORC 6d on 6d (SG.120) piece. £15
KABUTA, Swaziland postmark 26 OCT 32 on ORC 1s on 1/- (SG.121) piece. £15
ORANGE RIVER COLONY stamps: newly discovered 1890 CGH ½d green ovp'd "ORANGE RIVER COLONY" assumed OFFICIALLY DEFACED by G.P.O. on unused without gum horiz. pair (SG.133var), colour more bluish-green than normal. The Jamaica 1890 QV TWO PENCE HALF-PENNY on 4d red-brown is found similarly OFFICIALLY DEFACED Ex Winter, and described in the Swarbrick Sale (Cavendish 29 Sep 1995) as "thought only one pane was produced with this variety due to inking problems. They were returned to the G.P.O. for destruction but it is believed ten pairs exist. One pair is in the Royal Collection". £625
30, Orange River Colony postal history on CGH "ONE PENNY" on QV 1½d ovp'd "O.R.C." Post Card to Germany with design pmk'd DEWETSDORP 22 JUL 1905 d/ring, reverse headed "Kassel via Dewetsdorp". £60
30, Orange River Colony postal history on KE7 1d PSE with added V.R.I. 2d (SG.114) to Germany, b/stamped DEWETSDORP 19 NO 04. £65
WELGELEGEN, Orange River Colony postmark 30mm purple TRD dated 22 DEC 1902 on ovp'd CGH 1d (SG.134). £40
LADYBRAND, Orange River Colony postal history on 2d on 2d, 3d on 3d V.R.I. reg. censored cover dated AU 22 01 to London, England. £40
1900 (AP 7) BOER WAR - BLOEMFONTEIN O.V.S., Orange River Colony early V.R.I. civilian mail cover (non-military) dated AP 7 00 with 2 x ½d to Port Elizabeth, b/stamped AP 9 arrival. Bloemfontein, capital of the OFS, fell to the British 26 days earlier on March 13, 1900. (When Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal, was re-occupied by the British on June 5 1900, a civilan postal service began 13 days later). £120
BETHANY (STATION excised) R.O., Orange River Colony the tall letters cds (Putzel unlisted) dated SP 4 (00) on ½d Brief Kaart uprated with ½d for Germany, b/stamped Bloemfontein SP 4 19(00). The BETHANY STATION R.O. sighting was taken from the Batten collection (still intact) where only the "S" was visible but a full strike on loose stamp shows it to be BETHANY SIDING R.O. The correction will appear in the Putzel addendum £325