BOER WAR MAIL - POW, CENSORS, A.P.Os, ETC.: 1900-1902 group ...

Hammer

£500

BOER WAR MAIL - POW, CENSORS, A.P.Os, ETC.: 1900-1902 group (plus a 1910 cover) of Boer War covers going into or out of South Africa. Incs. May (?) 1900 env. to Sikhim & redirected in purple ink to Darjeeling with Transvaal 2½d and fancy "GEZIEN,/POSTCENSOR,/PRETORIA,/Z. A. R." censor's mark v. finely struck on the front above "Fr. Major. S Humphery/1st Gloster Regi." endorsement (a notable POW held in Pretoria after an engagement at Nicholson's Nek). Several other covers & postcards also with a variety of frankings, A.P.O. & censor marks. Interesting collection. (42 covers + a few pieces & used singles) Cross Reference: MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, SOUTH AFRICA