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Diyatalawa Dum-Dum
Boer POW's
Description:
An original issue No. 1 dated Monday 10th. Sept 1900, price 20 cents. This 4 pp. newspaper was published and printed by Boer Prisoners of War in Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon, under the names of E. Suwalski, W. A. Luecke & RO. Dunlop. It contais many interesting advertisements such as Professor Fraser in Hut 14 who may be consulted for Palmistry; H. Rill in Hut 15, Pipe Carver. A long poem in German entitled Die beiden Arbeitsamen. A long tear without loss in the bottom section has been carefully reapired with archival tape otherwise in very good condition.
Details:
- Publisher Place: Diyatalawa Camp, Ceyon
- Date of Publication: 1900
- Edition: ist.
- Overall Condition: very good
- Size: foolscap
- Lot No: 97
- Hammer Price: $3000
- Bids: 45
- Visits: 211
- Estimate: $180
- Reserve: $160
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Seller Details:
- Name: Roger J. Knowles
- Address: Unit 1 Image Business ParkEast Cannock RoadHednesfordCannockStaffordshireWS12 1LT
- Contact Person: Roger J Knowles
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Email: rogerjknowles@btinternet.com
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- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard. Bank Transfer
- Trade Association: PBFA / Ephemera Society
- Additional Information: Founded in 1980 the business specialises in all aspects of the history of Britain and its Colonies with an emphasis on original manuscript items, printed documents and ephemera. Subjects of particlar interest are Travel, Military & Naval, Earth Sciences, Natural History and Ethnography. We are members of the PBFA and the Ephemera Society whilst Roger is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Scotland), a member of the Society of Archivists and the Council of British Archaeology.
