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Lot #4375
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ZULULAND Military Mail
1906 (Mar-May) two "On Active Service" covers and postcard, one endorsed "Active Service Cpl. Whiteside 1st TMR ZFF" (1st Transvaal Mounted Rifles-Zululand Field Force), with Nkandhla datestamp, "2c" due marking overstruck with 5c (Hart type S5) applied at Durban, with London arrival; postcard canceled "Eshowe", endorsed "Fort Tollaced Zululand" and "No Stamps Available", censored and taxed on arrival; finally a cover to Natal, censored "Natal Carbineers", rare group of mail sent by members of the Zululand Field Force during Bambatha Rebellion. Also included are two picture postcards showing "Natal Native Rebellion prisoners in cage" (Chief Bambatha, with the support of other chiefs in the area, refused to accept a new tax that was being implemented by the colonial administration. Together with a small group of supporters, he launched a series of attacks against the British troops, using the Nkandla Forest as a base. The campaign, later known as the Bambatha Rebellion, culminated in a pitched battle against the colonial forces at Mome Gorge, where Bambatha and his followers were finally defeated. In general terms, the Rebellion was a response to the harsh policies that the Zulu population was subjected to by the colonial administration in Natal, as well as a number of other contributing factors)
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$1,400.00

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