£190 - £260
RARE "UNDELIVERABLE AT/WINBURG" & PURPLE "COMMUNICATION" + "SUSPENDED" COVER EX C.G.H.; Remarkable 20 Apr. 1901 env. (faults) ex "EAST LONDON/C.G.H." (cds tying CGH ½d Green) to "Reitfontein, P.O. Senekal, ORC" with censor's red "P.B.C." + purple "H.P" marks but also with purple "RETURNED LR. OFFICE/BLOEMFONTEIN" cds's back & front (oddly dated 15 & 26 May 1902); also with v. fine purple "COMMUNICATION" and "SUSPENDED" marks on the front and a mainly very fine large black "UNDELIVERABLE AT/WINBURG" (crease) on the reverse. Sent at the unsealed ½d printed matter rate. What happened to this cover for a year?! With copy of related ABWP article. Very rare. [Ex Ken Griffith, 2003.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, ORANGE FREE STATE/RIVER COLONY
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