1900 Orange Free State

Ref: K3048
  • £195.00

1900 registered envelope, locally addressed, bearing a lower left corner plate No. 1 strip of three 6d, the right stamp having the variety 'Missing Stop After V'. These have been cancelled by two strikes of the BLOEMFONTEIN JY 14 19 (00) datestamp. The addressee A. F. Hochapfel was the person who designed and printed the Commando Brief Labels, used by the Boers during the early part of the Boer War. Although philatelic, a fine and scarce variety on cover.