CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Postal History, Postal Stationery
 -  POSTAL HISTORY
AC1171
Postal History / Anglo-Boer War period 1901 (1st September), small printed ‘THE BUDGET LETTER CARD’ addressed to Scotland and bearing a single 1d ‘Table Mountain’ (SG 69) tied by a NAUWPOORT / C.G.H (1 Sep) single circle datestamp. Endorsed at lower left ‘P J Cochrane Capt / Nauwport’. The message is headed ‘Remounts / Nauwport, Aug 30th’ and is written over several stapled pages. The interesting contents include reference to the Royal Engineers constructing blockhouses. Hawick (21 Sep) arrival backstamp. Unusual.
£125