Description: Up for auction is a beautiful Boer War stationary postcard cover from a prisoner of war POW in the Ragama camp Ceylon to Holland . Beautiful stamps and cancels. Postmarked July 19, 1902. In excellent condition. Priced to sell. Great postal history. On 8 January 1901 the British War Office established a prisoner-of-war camp in Ragama to house Boer prisoners captured in the Second Boer War. The prisoners at Ragama were primarily dissidents, foreign volunteers and irreconcilables who refused to sign an oath of allegiance to the British Crown, and were transferred from the main camp at Diyatalawa. Ragama served as the main observation camp for coolies entering the country. The coolies disembarked at Colombo and were sent by train to Ragama, where they were detained for forty eight hours before being transported to various tea plantations around the country.In 1904 76,963 coolies from Southern India came through the camp and in 1905 this increased to 132,690. Shipping will be a flat $3.00 within the continental U.S. for USPS mail. Overseas airmail shipping is $17.00. Questions? Please contact me at: azteccollectables at hotmail.com. Check out my other online auctions of rare and vintage stamps. My e bay store, Aztec Collectables, has a fine and growing selection of unique covers, stamps and postcards. Please make pay arrangements within 72 hours of winning the auction. I will combine shipping on multiple wins, if you want combined shipping wait until I invoice you.
Price: 199.99 USD
Location: Lake Worth, Florida
End Time: 2024-12-11T09:08:11.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Quality: Used
Place of Origin: Ceylon (until 1948)
Grade: Ungraded
Certification: Uncertified
