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The dates on this cover range from Jar1uary 1901 to Aprill912.
The sequence is:
Posted i11. Germany January 1901
Kimberley redirection to PO Roos Senekal July 1901
Censored in Kitnberley
Pretoria 16th July 1901
Magnadodorp 22nd July [? 190 1] [110t i11 Putzel]
Middlebtlrg [Transvaal] 30th · Novem . ber 1902
Roossenekal5th December 1902
Roossenel<al 18th April 1903
Unidentified 27th April 1903
Unidentified 19th November '-1902
Pokwani 1st Aprill912
Johannesburg unclear
N othi11g after the treaty of Vereeniging on the 31 s t tnay 1902 concens the
suspension of mail services.
Se· nelcal is about1120 tniles n. orth . .. east of Bloemfontein.
The likelihood is tl1at tl1is letter was intended to go to Sen . el<al via Pretoria but
because of Boer guerilla activities in the region of S. enel<al tl1ere was no service
from Pretoria+ The letter was endorsed in one type of hand and red ink at
Kimberley 'PO Pretoria' and . in another hand and red ink at Pretoria 'No . . ' communication .
To add to tl1e co11.fusio11. tl1e item was sent fr· om Germa11y at tl1e pri11ted
papers rate and redirected at th.e letter rate in Kim . berley after which there was
no further cl1arge for the wat1.der~.11gs <)f this lettterl 
