Orange River Colony 1905 British Association Visit KEVII to 1/-

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  • 1905 BRITISH ASSOCIATION VISIT: KEVII values ½d to 1/-
  • each bearing superb crisp strike of the special cds canceller "BRITISH ASSN / ORC / SE 2 1905".
  • A rare & unusual group thus.
  • The 75th Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was held in South Africa.
  • The association visited Bloemfontein where a temporary post office was provided in the Raadzaal.
  • This post office was open from 8:30am on 2nd September 1905 until 10:45 am on 4th September 1905. As the 3rd September was a Sunday, strikes of 2nd & 4th September are the only dates encountered.
  • They are uncommon.