cover 1900 (4 Apr.) "kaffirgram" XU5 to Milford, England (2.5 arrival) via Bulawayo (14.4, superb c.d.s. on front), bearing fancy surcharge on British Bechuanaland 6d. on 3d. pair, cancelled by c.d.s. Only a handful of these covers carried by native runners through Boer lines reached their destination and this is probably the only franked cover known. A fabulous postal history item highly evocative of the Siege. Photo in colour