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;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | Boer War Irreconcilable F.C. LAUNSPACH (carved wooden serviette ring fame), Bermuda postal history 1902 cover to F.C. Launspach, Burts Island, Bermuda with 2 x Transvaal 1d ovp'd "E.R.I." tied BRAAMFONTEIN, B.O. JOHANNESBURG 4 FEB 1902 9.30am and b/stamped JOHANNESBURG 4 FEB 1902 10.30am where PASSED PRESS CENSOR worn handstamp applied to face, on arrival b/stamped HAMILTON MR 15 1902/C with "Not Darrells" and directed "Hawkins" in red manuscript, the cover opened left edge and at top leaving tears through flap. Very few Bermuda Boer War POW covers can be matched to actual events. F.C. Launspach is listed as one of the prominent personalities amongst the Boer War prisoners detained at Bermuda, and as an irreconcilable was one of the last to leave on 20 August 1904 bound for the United States. Many of the prisoners occupied themselves by making handcraft which were sold in many of the stores in Bermuda. The POWs on Burts Island eventually formed the Industrial Association for Carvings and Curios, and some of these items are preserved in the South African National Museum of Military History including a wooden serviette ring with carved name F C Launspach (see photo of similar type serviette rings). £240 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1888 QV 1d lilac REVENUE ovp'd "1d.." in carmine (PML.35), fine partial gum example. £15 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1883 QV 1/- vermilion Crown CA wmk P.12 ovp'd "Revenue" (PML.13), a re-united split perfs mint pair, soiled but a rare multiple. £75 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: (PML.31) 1888 "1d REVENUE" on QV 1d red (SG.48b), the higher setting unused with gum traces (see illustrated multiple PML handbook Page 152). One of St. Vincent's most difficult stamps to find in mint condition. £175 |
;) | 816, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.59a). £6 |
;) | 6. used CHRISTIANA Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d (SG.178). £9 |
;) | 9 used HEIDELBERG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d (SG.178). £6 |
;) | WELCOME WOOD, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) dated JA 27 03 on QV 1d (SG.59a), rare. £20 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.A2) WITHOUT DATES (unrecorded as such) on ½d (SG.175). £20 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.2a) possible sideways C/JY 22 90 on 2d (SG.178). £5 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.2a) sideways H/JY 10 91 on 1d (SG.176). £7 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.2x) 25 FEB 1892 on 2d (SG.178) fragment. £6 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.3) D/AP 20 93 on 2½d on 1/- (SG.198). £6 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.5) F/JUN 9 92 on 1d (SG.176). £6 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.12) BC*N/AUG 27 96 duplex cds portion on 1d (SG.217). £5 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.12) D*N/SEP 4 96 full duplex with 3 + 3 on pair 1d (SG.217), left stamp defective corner. £8 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (Putzel No.12) K*N/FEB 19 96 duplex cds portion on ½d (SG.175). £6 |
;) | 621 used BARBER'S CAMP, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.5a) on ½d (SG.175), defective perf. £5 |
;) | 902, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.59a). £14 |
;) | 621 used BARBERTON, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.5a) on 2d on 3d (SG.194). £6 |