South Africa

Issues from the Boer War

REFERENCE: The Second Boer War of 1899-1902 - the preventive war of the Boer republics - the Republic of South Africa (Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State (Orange Republic) against Great Britain, which ended in victory for the latter. In this war, the British first used scorched earth tactics on Boer land and concentration camps, in which about 30 thousand Boer women and children died, as well as an unknown number of black Africans.

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face value
year
Description/Notes
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Siege of Mafikeng

Siege Note. 1900.
P:S654
10 shillings
1900

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P:S662
3p
1900
Lt. Col. Hugh Marshall Hole.
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POST OFFICE

Issue 1900.
P:S681
1 shilling
1900

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P:S682
2 shiiling 6 pp
1900

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P:S683
5 shillings
1900
P:S684
7s 6p
1900
P:S685
10 shillings
1900

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P:S686
12 shillings 6 pp
1900
P:S687
15 shillings
1900
P:S688
17s 6p
1900

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P:S689
1 pound
1900

Green Point POW Camp Administrations - Green Point

B/n

10 shillings
ND

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