Two striking Cape of Good Hope covers I’ve recently added to my eBay Store – Chris Green Postal History & Ephemera- are among eBay’s most watched South African philatelic items according to eBay Pulse!
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Ottawa’s annual ORAPEX show, held this past weekend at the RA Centre, proved to be a great success. It is of course one of my favourite events of the year, and a great opportunity to meet and catch up with friends and colleagues. A full contingent of dealers and an impressive array of exhibits – including a superb WWI display that, not surprisingly, piqued my interest – made for an enjoyable couple of days. Cheers to the ORAPEX Organizing Committee and all of their volunteers for their tremendous efforts!
Next – ROYAL 2011 in Dorval, Quebec, from May 13-15. BNAPEX 2011 will follow in North Bay, from September 2-4. Visit their website here. Happy collecting!
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On October 11, 1899, the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out, with Boer incursions into the British territories of Natal and Cape Colony. The ensuing disruption of mail service required the creation of various handstamps to be applied to mail that could no longer be delivered.
Price: SOLD
One type is recorded having been used in Durban: it is a two-lined boxed marking “Stopped by Censor, Return to Sender.” A second, recorded as used later in the War (1901), is a rubber “Communication Suspended” handstamp with an accompanying “Undeliverable at” marking, followed by “a manuscript word, as well as the returned letter-postmarks of Bloemfontein and Natal.” (Rich, Philately of the Anglo-Boer War).
Shown here is the most well-known of the handstamps, though nevertheless an uncommon strike.
The cover is franked with a 1p QV definitive, cancelled with a DURBAN 30 OC 99 cds, addressed to HEIDELBERG, Transvaal. It bears the violet boxed MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED handstamp, with a RETURNED LETTER OFFICE 16/11/99 cds. There is a small adhesion at left, but it is otherwise sound.
An attractive and scarce Boer War item.
PRICE: SOLD
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