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Description: | The first series of postage stamps for the Orange Free State were issued between 1868 and 1878. Thomas De La Rue & Co of London were asked to produce the stamps.
Following the British occupation of the Orange Free State in 1900, in the course of the 1899-1902 Second Boer War, stamps were overprinted V.R.I. (Victoria Regina Imperatrix) and the face value. Shown is a complete sheet of the 5/- value. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | De La Rue & Co. | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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