Z.A.R. / TRANSVAAL
Postal History and Postal Stationery
POSTAL HISTORY
T2370
1901 (24th March) Anglo-Boer War period. Long printed ZAR official stationery envelope (327mm x 139mm) with all ZAR wording overprinted with bars and with ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE’ printed above ‘IN DIENST.’ Addressed to the ‘O[fficer]. C[ommanding]. East Surrey Regiment / Guildford / England’. Bearing a very fine strike of the ARMY POST OFFICE / MAR 24 / 1901 / HEIDELBERG / NATAL FIELD FORCE octagonal datestamp. Guildford (AP 22) arrival backstamp. Vertical folds, otherwise very fine. A scarce survivor.
£150