“Gdeopend onder Krijgswet. (P.no.30.)” censor seal on rose paper (Type 3), closing a franked envelope from “SMALDEEL JAN 9 (1900)” to Lourenco Marquez with reverse arrival cds., fine. Rare usage from the Smaaldel Station during the early part of the conflict
 
 
 
 

INCOMING MAIL TO A BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR: British 2½ d. tied by cds. “FARNBOROUGH” to an envelope addressed to “Prisoner of war Capt. W.G. Thompson, Suffolk Regt. c/o Boer Commander Pretoria”, endorsed via Hamburg and Delagoy Bay, transit cds. “PRETORIA 27 APR. 00”, Boer censor label and arrival, some wear and minor tear, also a stampless cover (faulty) from Pretoria via “FIELD POST OFFICE FE 9 00” to Maritzburg via Delagoy Bay, with large...

“ELANDSLAAGTE 8 - FEB. 1900” violet truncated oval field post office cancellation on a ½ d. postal stationery card to Johannesburg, very fine, also violet two-line “P K, NEWCASTLE 1 NOV 1899.” on another ½ d. postal stationery card to Johannesburg, and a four-colour franking tied by cds. “DUNDEE DE 4 99" to an envelope to Johannesburg, insignificant toning spot otherwise very fine. A very scarce group 

“VELDPOST Z.A.R. GLENCOE, 25 DEC. 1899.”, superb strike of the violet three-line cancellation on Natal ½ d. postal stationery card to Hattingspruit, reverse oval arrival, very fine and scarce

“LADYSMITH NATAL FE 12 1900” cds., clear strike on a stampless envelope addressed to London, endorsed “On active service no stamps available” and (district) “N°5”, postage due mark “20c” covered by a London barred circle “F(oreign) B(ranch)”, red transit cds. “LONDON SL PAID 25 MR 00” and reverse arrival the following day, some minor imperfections but still fine. A very scarce outgoing cover from Ladysmith, most of the siege mail being...

“CENSORED G.B.BEAK” straight-line on franked envelope from “FICKSBURG 27 AU (19)00” to a prisoner of war in the Green Point camp in Cape Colony, reverse transit cds., slightly soiled, still fine and very rare censor mark from Ficksburg

“CENSORED T´NCHO” straight line, fine strike on franked envelope from “THABA`NCHU 17 SE 19(00)” to the Green Point camp in Cape Colony, circular “PRISONERS OF WAR” possibly applied as an arrival, some minor imperfections, still fine and a very rare usage of that short-lived censor mark

“E. J. Cullen” cursive straight-line censor handstamp applied on the double triangular cachet “PASSED PRESS CENSOR” to a local contrived registered envelope from “WINBURG 12 MY (19)02”, alongside the scarce oval registration “R” from Winburg, very fine and attractive. Most unusual usage of that particular censor handstamp on the cachet, as opposed to on a paper seal
 
 

“18” barred oval numeral obliterator with “FICKSBURG 16 JUL (19)00” alongside, together with manuscript “Censored (  )” applied locally to an envelope to Grahamstown in Cape Colony, reverse arrival cds., cover folded vertically twice, still fine. A rare usage of the early manuscript censor forerunner of Ficksburg before the introduction of the official handstamp

“CENSORED. ROUXVILLE, O.R.C.” with pencilled initials, very fair strike of the double oval handstamp in violet to a mourning envelope from “ROUXVILLE NO 21 (19)00” to a prisoner of war detained in the Diyatalawa camp in Ceylon, reverse transit cds. “COLOMBO DE 25 00”, back flap missing and one adhesive torned, still fine and attractive. A very rare censor handstamp
 
 

“CENSORED” straight-line purple handstamp, together with manuscript “J.J.W. R(esident) M(agistrate) on franked envelope from ”JAGERSFONTEIN JY 2 (1900)" to the Green Point camp in Cape Colony, alongside circular “PRISONERS OF WAR” possibly used as an arrival mark, fine and very rare censor mark from the mining town of Jagersfontein

“J E S” violet initials censor handstamp on a seal closing a franked envelope from “JAGERSFONTEIN ROAD (19)01” to Edenburg, also “H.P.Y.” censor mark, all applied at Bloemfontein, fine. A most unusual convergence of a rare censor mark and the very scarce obliterator from Jagersfontein Road