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1900(Feb 14)Plain envelope with faults & violet UNITED STATES CONSULATE GENERAL / CAPE TOWN, CAPE COLONY, AFRICA cachet to the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Castle Barracks for J.H. van Luyten & H. Dykman, Prisoners of war, c/o H.M.S. Manilla & with violet double rimmed Censor/ Prisoner of war applied at Green Point… A very interesting item with questions as to why the US Consulate got involved in the delivery