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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
ANCHOVY, Jamaica (SQC) dated C/JY 16 96 tying 5 x QV ½d (SG.16a) on cover to London. £85
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
ULSTER-SPRING, Jamaica postmark (SQC) B/OC 19 87 on QV 6d CC wmk (SG.12). £8
KINGSTON, Jamaica postmark on Colombia stamp arrival dated IC/FE 5 94 on 10c, perf. fault. £4
PARIJS, Orange Free State postal history dated JA 23 94 on pair ½d cover to Port Elizabeth, b/stamped very fine strikes VREDEFORT JA 23 94 and MIDLAND DOWN JA 25 94 cds, slight toning around perfs. £120
BRANDFORT, Orange River Colony dated MY 25 03 on ½d, 2 x 1d mourning cover to Switzerland £25
ROKUPR, Sierra Leone (135.02) 14 FE 57 on QE2 ½d (SG.210). £5
BUMPE, Sierra Leone postmark (024.01) */8 MY 58 on QE2 4d (SG.215). £7
MOUNT AUREOL, Sierra Leone postmark (116.01) */AP 5 55 (ERD) on KG6 1/3d (SG.196a). £10
MONGHERI, Sierra Leone postmark (114.01) */4 JA 55 on KG6 1?d (SG.190a). Rare office. £120
BAOMA, Sierra Leone postmark (008.01) */23 AP 56 on QE2 4d (SG.215), rare office on QE2 issues. £16
MAGBELE, Sierra Leone (095.02) sideways facing down C/NO 29 16 on KGV 1d (SG.113a). £50