Historic natal

Buy Natal/Transvaal Inter-provincial: Historic 1911 card Durban/England. See below. for R190.00

BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS x 2 =  BOER WAR = NATAL WAR FORT NAPIER= NATAL = 1879 History of Fort Napier Fort Napier is situated on a hill overlooking the city of Pietermaritzburg, From the grounds of the hospital there is a glorious panoramic view of the city with historic hill in the distance such as “Swartkop” ”Foxhill” and “Signal Hill” which are intimately associated with the historic battles in which the Garrisons of Fort Napier played a part.  A primitive Fort was erected in 1843 troops occupied Fort Napier till 1914.In 1918 it was handed over to union government for use as a Mental hospital. In the grounds of Fort Napier there are sealed underground tunnels, e.g. one is at the farm covered by a huge concrete block.  In 1927 the hospital was opened by Dr. Willis the first Superintendent. The first patients arrived in 1928  FORT NAPIER was established on 31 August 1843 to house the garrison in Natal after being annexed by Britain. The 45th Regiment provided the first garrison and the fort was important in the Zulu and Boer Wars. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.  

On offer is a cover (PFSA Certificate no. 11657/2004) with the extremely rare double circular "Umtonjaneni" datestamp with backstamps recording the cover having passed through Vryheid (17-12-97) to Stellenbosch (24-12-97). According to Putzel, this postal agency, located on the south-eastern border of the Transvaal and Natal, opened on 1 August 1896 as "Umtonganeni" and was renamed in 1897. A rare and historic item of Transvaal postal history. Condition as per scans below.