Description

1900 (Mar 27) Envelope bearing strip 3 x Transvaal 1d tied Potchefstroom to Boer POW held on Prison ship “S.S. Mongolian” at Simons Bay with obscured violet double rimmed Censor / Prisoner of War & with black on pink Boer censors seal (Type 3) overlaid by British V Arms R /Opened Under Martial law censor (Type 2A) with between V Arms R & 2nd line is a rare violet MISSENT TO ENGLAND BY NATAL.