Ref: G2846
- £195.00
1901 censored envelope to P.O.W. P Van der Merwe, Belleview Camp, Simonstown, with a Transvaal 1d cancelled PRETORIA 11 NOV 01. On the back of the cover is a purple double oval 'BURGHER CAMP IRENE, Censored' cachet. This is one of the scarcer Burgher Camp cachets. The addressee Pieter Hendrik van der Merwe was from Stamprietfontein, Potchefstroom. He was 45 years old when captured at Paardeberg on 27 February 1900 when General Cronje surrendered. A fine cover with this scarce Burgher camp cachet.
