Anglo-Boer War Centenary Series: Issue #5

Anglo boer war stamp souvenirs

Plot

Kuruman Besieged
How to spot a siege 10
Oasis of the Kalahari 10
Siege, yes, a year before 11
Distributor of Stamps on postal duty 12
Alarm bells in Cape and Kuruman 15
How the stamps happened 17
The stamps and postmarks 20
Disposed, recalled, destroyed? 23
Souvenir covers, all different 24
The 'siege' and the mail 27
Status of the stamps 28
Vryburg VR Special Post
Vryburg in military mode 32
St Quentin's explanation 33
The CSQ initialled souvenirs 33
Next: the 'Special Post' on current ZAR stamps 35
The Vryburg postmark 36
"On cover" 37
The peculiar top values 38
Uncancelled copies 39
Forgeries and features 40
The actual numbers 41
Status of the stamps 41
The Zeerust VRI revenues
New duties for Lord Cecil in occupied territory 44
Revenue stamps left behind — found, surcharged and sold 45
Fine red lines and a new Penny value 50
Receipts needed One Penny revenue stamps 52
Subscribers to this book 55
Harry Birkhead 56