Details
cover Boer War The selection comprising envelopes or postcards (45) and fronts (10), all either to, or from, Boer prisoners in British camps with Bellevue, Greenpoint, Kroonstad and Simons Town, overseas camps with Bermuda (2), Ceylon, St. Helena (7), a few unfranked but otherwise bearing the issues of Cape of Good Hope, Orange Free State or Transvaal, various despatch office cancellations including two with large "ARMY/TELEGRAPHS" c.d.s's, good range of cachets with most showing circular double-ring "CENSOR/PRISONERS OF WAR" but also a number with triangular or oval types, others with "PASSED BY/CENSOR", "PRISONER OF WAR", "PR. OF WAR", etc., three items being sent via Delgado Bay or Lourenco Marques; condition a little mixed