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;) | ARMY POST OFFICE SOUTH AFRICA postmark on Natal stamps purple TRD dated 3 M B/6 APR 1900 on pair Natal QV ½d (SG.97) piece. £32 |
;) | Army Post Office, Sierra Leone postmark (310.01) in purple ink on KG6 1/- (SG.196), possibly used on parcels (as in similar format to the parcel cancels used Nigeria). £65 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | NUPE PLATOON, No.2 ARMY SIGNALS, Northern Nigeria postmark newly discovered left half purple ink d/ring cancel showing 9 DE date portion on 1906 KE7 1d MCA wmk (SG.21a), at top left partial black postal transit cancel. Hinged to album page piece and marked "Nupe Post Office No.2 Army Signals, unique?" by previous owner. NUPE PROVINCE has subsequently been suggested, but West Africa Study Circle member Ray Harris now believes it is NUPE PLATOON as the wording for both PROVINCE and POST OFFICE would be too long, and has provided the attached mock-up of how the full postmark might look £725 |
;) | KLIP RIVER CAMP, Transvaal postmark 14 SEP 1903 on KE7 1d (SG.245). Temporary post office open for only 56 days period AU 12 1903 to OC 1 1903 during military manouevres. £180 |
;) | GARRISON-MAIL, Sierra Leone postmark (320.02) FE 19 13 (ERD) on KGV 1d (SG.113). £15 |
;) ;) | YUNDUM AIRPORT, Gambia postal history */26 JY 65 on First Airmail from Yundum Airport with QE2 4d, 6d (reverse), 1/3d to Scotland, blue BATH reg. label, reverse GAMBIA FIELD FORCE sender's h/stamp. £75 |
;) | GARRISON MAIL, Sierra Leone postmark (320.04) */30 AU 55 on KG6 5/- (SG.198). £8 |
;) | FIELD POST OFFICE, BRITISH ARMY SOUTH AFRICA postmark on Great Britain stamp (SG.Z6) dated I/JU 28 01 on horiz. pair GB QV 9d dull purple & blue, reverse toning. £65 |
;) ;) | INCONNU/NOT KNOWN/ONBEKEND applied PIETERMARITZBURG, Transvaal postal history with POLISH AIR FORCE boxed on GB KG6 1d cover from Blackpool 18 NO 42 with purple jusqu'a bars denoting insufficient for airmail, on arrival pmk'd 25 II 43/15 and 13 III 43/41 with 4 MAY 1943 return arrival backstamp, some peripheral faults. £95 |
;) ;) | MOOI RIVER, Natal postal history On Active Service cover from S.F. Freyer, Major thought Ramc (Royal Army Medical Corps) 1.2.1900 mailed next day with QV 1d plus two cards from same correspondence pmk'd MY 11 00 (headed 12.2.00) "nothing doing now but medical care" and 6 AP 00 (headed 5.4.00) "busy invaliding". £150 |
;) | Zululand (correspondence January 1, 1907) Lorraine W. Boyce letter written "Durban" mentions "is there no possible way of raising money? Things here seem going from bad to worse and there is no saying what the end of the Asiatic affair will be. Zululand is still very unsettled – there are over 600 mounted men in the country trying to capture rebels, a great number of them are armed and are hiding in the dense bush". 15th letter correspondences of Fred Boyce and Lorraine Wilson Boyce JU 10 1905 - DE 11 1907 (none have outer covers). £80 |
;) | VOLKSRUST, Transvaal postal history purple ARMY POST OFFICE d/ring dated 14 SEP 1900 on On Active Service stampless cover to East Dulwich, postscript on reverse says "I enclose the curl for fear of losing it. Atlee". Some peripheral tears/faults. £65 |
;) | 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 |
;) | GARRISON-MAIL, Sierra Leone postmark (320.02) NO 28 17 on KGV 1d (SG.113b). £12 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | 1900 (JU 23) BOER WAR: RAILWAY PIONEER REGIMENT entire describing 1000 strong Boer attack with original photo of the bridge at Norvalspont, the outer cover with some toning, tears, Newport Pagnell JY 16 00 arrival. £325 |