Lot 1485 Cape of Good Hope 1901 Boer War Censored Prisoner of War Cover to Diyatalawa Camp Ceylon, franked with 1p Cape of Good Hope definitive. Cancelled with grid obliterator, BLAUW-VLEY FE.25.01 cds. Addressed to a prisoner in Hut 64, Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon, with Wellington FE.25.1901, Durban MR.5(?).1901, Colombo MR.29.01 transit backstamps. British “Paarl” (Snowden & Hepworth Type 18) seal along top, and Type 25 seal along bottom, which was in use at Prisoner of War camps in Ceylon. Some small faults as expected; nevertheless an elusive Boer War cover. Estimate $100, sold for $120 plus buyer’s premium.
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Lot 625 — New Republic 1886 mint/used group, sold for $402
Lot 625 New Republic #3, 6, 12 1886 3d, 9d and 5s Numerals, 9d is mint hinged, dated “30 AUG 86” and accompanied by 1978 Royal Philatelic Foundation certificate and accompanying SG card states “showing clear doubling of impression”, small corner fault. The 3d dated “13 OCT 86” used with numeral 232 (Cape of Good Hope) grid cancel on Stanley Gibbons card and 5s dated “_ JAN 86” with violet oval cancel. Overall fine. Scott CV$188, sold for $350 plus buyer’s premium.