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| Country: Orange River Colony Clear Subject: BOER WAR Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | Combination NATAL and British Occupied ORANGE FREE STATE stamps used ORANGE RIVER COLONY 1900 used of "E. No. 708" blue stock NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS (deleted) foolscap cover marked "Regd", "60", "Fee Paid" to Serg. Major C. Stride, Dorset Yeomanry, Wimborne, Dorset with combination Natal block of ten QV 1d carmine and British Occupied OFS 2d purple ovp'd "V.R.I." and 2d pmk'd P.O.A. 107 obliterators, both stamps and adhesives with faults, reverse Wimborne DE 8 00 arrival. The Orange Free State was formally annexed to the British Crown and renamed the Orange River Colony on 28 May 1900. £225 |
;) | REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "3/8/01" at top in red ink with 1d V.R.I. to Paarl, interesting circled red "X" on address panel. £180 |
;) | REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "22/8/01" in red at top to Simons Town with 1d V.R.I. pmk'd Springfontein cds. £175 |
;) | LADYBRAND, Orange River Colony postal history on 2d on 2d, 3d on 3d V.R.I. reg. censored cover dated AU 22 01 to London, England. £40 |
;) | 1900 (AP 7) BOER WAR - BLOEMFONTEIN O.V.S., Orange River Colony early V.R.I. civilian mail cover (non-military) dated AP 7 00 with 2 x ½d to Port Elizabeth, b/stamped AP 9 arrival. Bloemfontein, capital of the OFS, fell to the British 26 days earlier on March 13, 1900. (When Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal, was re-occupied by the British on June 5 1900, a civilan postal service began 13 days later). £120 |