1899 COMMANDO BRIEF FRANKING LABEL (SG M1). A left marginal example on letter. Cancelled Modder River CGH OC 24 99 with transit cds Jacobsdal OC 26 and Bloemfonfein arrival cds OC 30, latter on reverse. Lightest perimeter foxing. An exceedingly rare surviving example of these little used military stamps on letter. Exhibition showpiece. Ex Birkhead & Trotter. These labels were issued to members of the OFS forces to allow free passage through the OFS postal system. The subject letter emanates from the early period of the war being the initial campaign of the OFS invading the Cape Colony.
