Losnr. 6388 - 244.-249. Auktion
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Losnr. : 6388 Transvaal
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Recess by Bradbury Wilkinson, perf. 14, 14½ 1878/80: 4 d. sage-green (lower marginal example) and 6 d. olive-black, used on 1881 cover originally mailed as an Officer's Letter to Ireland with manuscript endorsement "No Stamps Available" at top, the adhesives applied at Standerton by the messenger who carried the letter, and tied by STANDERTON / TRANSVAAL cds (June 27) in black. Reverse with Durban transit cds (July 2) and 'H&K Packet' cds (Aug 4). Cover #130 in the Jorgensen census. A superb and most unusual cover.rnrnNote: The cover is with full contents and written between 17 and 25 June 1881 by Captain Charles Frederick Cobbe Beresford of the Royal Engineers en route from Potchefstroom to Newcastle. Begun at Loop Spruit on the 17th he states "We are (on) the first stage of our march back from Potchefstroom, bag and baggage. The whole thing is the most ignominious farce... The fort and trenches the English held outside the town were very interesting, they made a capital defence and one of the most active was the lady wife of one of the Officers - they were surrounded on all sides by Boer trenches and under fire night and day and reduced to one bag of mealies when they gave in to the villain Cronje who never told them peace was (already) made...". He goes on to report of hunting buck and the appalling treatment of the bullocks used to pull the wagons.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Alan Drysdall, Spink, London, 1 March 2006, lot 1309 (contrary to Spink's description, not ex the David Crocker collection).Ausruf : 1.000 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauft -
