1902 Boer War

Ref: K2639
  • £190.00

1902 taxed post card (The Great Banian Tree, Calcutta) to Philipstown, Cape Province, franked with a ½ Anna cancelled AHMEDNAGAR 10 JA 02. A violet oval 'CENSOR P. O. W. / B. P. O'DOWD. / AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA' cachet is on the card along with a Durban and De Aar transit cancels. A Philipstown FE 12 02 arrival cancel is on the back. There are two tax markings, a circular 'T', applied in India, and an oval 'T / 1d'. applied on arrival in the Cape. Some faults to the card.