Boer War Covers

I was sorting through my covers again and came across the following covers.

The first cover has a Type II oval cancellation for the Canadian forces over there. It is Type II because the wording "EN ROUTE" was omitted under "CANADIAN CONTINGENT" The "Bailey & Toop" reference books states less than 10 strikes are known and are rare. However, I am inclined to think that there may be around 15 or so, though I am not certain on this.

There is also a British type "Field Post Office/ British Army S. Africa" marking on it as well.

Chimo

Bujutsu

These articles deal with Boer War postal history:

http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot...african.html

http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot...-nurses.html

Thanks for the urls lorddenning.

I will be adding a couple more covers as time permits.

Chimo

Bujutsu