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Auction No 403, Tag: Boer War

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)
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Boer War letter from 2nd Lieut. Bartram Romilly, Scots Guards, to his mother referring to military actions at Ladysmith & elsewhere.

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Boer War letter from 2nd Lieut. Bartram Romilly, Scots Guards, to his mother Lady Arabella Romilly referring to military actions at Ladysmith & elsewhere, 1900; complete with the original cover endorsed No stamp / on active service, and cancelled BRITISH ARMY S.AFRICA  datestamp. Romilly served in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902, was twice mentioned in despatches receiving the Queen's Medal with 5 clasps and was awarded the D.S.O. in 1902.

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South Africa 1887-1955 Covers & Cards, mostly pre-1940, with interest in Boer War period and earlier, and 1920s/30s airmail.

Lot: 275

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £50
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South Africa 1887-1955 Covers & Cards, mostly pre-1940, with interest in Boer War period and earlier, and 1920s/30s airmail. Includes covers (3) and two fronts to POW Camps at Greenpoint, Belle Vue, St. Helena, and Bermuda. Mixed condition. (43)

Natal 1900 cover to UK with 1d adhesive tied by LADYSMITH / NATAL cds for March 1st and 2-line LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE / Feb 20th 1900,

Lot: 276

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Natal 1900 cover to UK with 1d adhesive tied by LADYSMITH / NATAL cds for March 1st and 2-line LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE / Feb 20th 1900, with arrival b/s for CHARD 26th March 1900. The cover torn and repaired (stamp and cancels unaffected).

Kenneth Griffith & Alan Drysdall "The Travelling Post Offices of Imperial Military Railways", Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1997, quarto s/bk,

Lot: 279

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Kenneth Griffith & Alan Drysdall The Travelling Post Offices of Imperial Military Railways, Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1997, quarto s/bk, comb-binding with plastic protective cover. Illustrated. Fine, no internal markings. 75pp