Z.A.R. / TRANSVAAL
Postal History and Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
T2365
1901 (19th December) Anglo-Boer War period. Envelope addressed to Germany, bearing a pair of 1d rose-red and green overprinted ‘E.R.I.’ and a single ‘E.R.I. / Half / Penny’ provisional surcharge on 2d brown and green (SG 239, 243) all tied by KRUGERSDORP (19 DEC) segmented double circle datestamps. Also showing oval PASSED PRESS CENSOR / JOHANNESBURG cachet in black and a KRUGERSDORP / P.B.C. / A. E. MAINWARING in magenta. Backstamped with Johannesburg (19 DEC) transit and Dortmund (16 Jan) arrival datestamps. Crease at right affecting one adhesive.
£35