gabriel 1 11 Posted January 18, 2009 Can anyone tell me which camp this could be http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/649/963649_090118150222_8dc4080.jpg Gabriel1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virgotec 10 Posted February 5, 2009 Hi Gabriel1 From the pic it looks like the camps name ends on "berg" The only concentration camp that ends on "berg" and not "burg" is Klipriviersberg. Hope this helps Regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gabriel 1 11 Posted February 5, 2009 Hi Thanks, but I believe this is an Indian postmark and would probably have been to one of the camps used in India during the Boer War, it would be nice to know which one. Regards Gabriel1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virgotec 10 Posted February 5, 2009 Hi I am not really into stamps, but South African History & Genealogy is one of my hobbies. Here is a list of the camps that were in India. Maybe you can figure something out from these names. Abottabad Ahmednagar Bellary Bhim Tal Dagshai and Solon Fort Govindgarh Kaity-Nilgiris Satara Shahjahanpur Sialkot Trichinopoly Umballa Upper Topa Regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gabriel 1 11 Posted February 5, 2009 Thanks Maybe Bhim Tal or Umballa, this is what us collectors go through, it could take months before I get any clarity. Regards Gabriel1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virgotec 10 Posted February 9, 2009 Hi Gabriel1 Maybe I am wrong, but on closer inspection of your picture it seems that the bottom of the postmark does not depict a name, but is almost a mirror image of the black markings in the middle of the postmark at the top, under the words "boer camp". Looks like a triangle, 5 x rectangles and then another triangle. These markings at the top and bottom are in the inner circle of the postmark. Hope I am making sense here. Regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gabriel 1 11 Posted February 9, 2009 Hi bube02 Thanks for your help, I am not convinced but I think the puzzle will be solved at some time or other. I gave the stamp to David Crocker over the week-end, he has been a member of the Boer War Philatelic Society for, I think he said 41 years. Bottom line is he could not help. I have never spent so much time on one stamp before but I refuse to give up. Regards Gabriel1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites