Boer War: 1900 Censor "FREDERIKSSTAD" cover with RARE "SS" spelling. See below.
Boer War: 1900 Censor "FREDERIKSSTAD" cover with RARE "SS" spelling. See below.

Boer War: 1900 Censor "FREDERIKSSTAD" cover with RARE "SS" spelling. See below.

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Condition
Secondhand
Location
South Africa
Format
Cover
Bob Shop ID
614296052

Scarce cover posted at Frederiksstad (note the double "S" in name) (12-3-1900) and franked 2 1/2d and forwarded via Johannesburg (12-3-1900) with pink "Geopend onder Krijswet" label of the ZAR Post Department to FRankfurt (23-4-1900). 

Only two strikes of the "SS" name known the other dated 1909 - this thus the earliest and only Boer War period cover seen thus far.

Quality clean cover as per scans below.

 

 

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