Lot 41287 – 1902 (17 June) Picture postcard “c/o The Boer Pris
Lot 41287 – 1902 (17 June) Picture postcard “c/o The Boer Pris
South Africa » Anglo Boer War
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
1’500 EUR
Auction date
Thu 29 May 2014 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1902 (17 June) Picture postcard “c/o The Boer Prisoner of War Camp” to London from one of the soldiers sent to Antigua to establish new POW camp there since facilities on St.Helena, Bermuda, etc. were overcrowded, but the Anglo-Boer War ended shortly thereafter and the camp was not opened. This is the only postal evidence of the POW camp on Antigua yet found, exceptional and rare Auction
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