1901 Ceylon - Anglo Boer Prisoner of War One Rupee Good-For Note
 ref:20220805 FANTASTIC FRIDAY OFFERS CHOICE NUMISMATICS SOUGHT AFTER BY BOTH BANKNOTE AND BOER WAR MEMORABILIA COLLECTORS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A NOTE USED IN THE THEN BRITISH COLONY OF CEYLON FOR PAYMENT TO THE PRISONERS OF THE BOER WAR FOR THEIR LABOUR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORIC NOTE 1901 DIYATALAWA-CEYLON ANGLO-BOER WAR PRISONER OF WAR ONE RUPEE GOOD-FORS NOTE SERIAL No 4109 TYPE 1 DIYATALAWA a Prisoner of War camp in Ceylon housed its first Boer prisoners on the 9th of August 1900. All notes are hand stamped with the date and signature. The Diyatalawa prison camp Good-For Notes (One Rupee) are signed by Lt.-Col. A. J. Vincent and AN ELUSIVE ISSUE A NOTE NOT OFTEN FOUND IN THE MARKETPLACE THEIR HISTORIC CONTEXT GIVES RISE TO THEIR INTRINSIC VALUE
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THIS UNUSUAL NOTE WITH GRAFFITI ON THE BACK SIGNED BY A POSSIBLE BOER WAR PRISONER IN 1902. JUST IMAGINE THAT HE WOULD HAVE HANDELED THIS NOTE AT THAT TIME OFFERED AT AN ADVANTAGEOUS PRICE OF ONLY R 28 000ea OWN THIS HISTORIC NOTE NOW RARELY OFFERED AT THIS PRICE A MEMORABLE ONE RUPEE NOTE ------------------------------------------------ DETIALS: 1901 ONE RUPEE GOOD-FORS NOTE TYPE 1 - Size: 114mmx 83mm Yellow pattern with black and red ink printing on white paper DESCRIPTION: Over 5,000 Boers were interned in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the Boer War. The Ceylon camps were the second set of overseas POW camps after those in St. Helena had filled. Boer prisoners consisting of burghers captured while under arms from the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), first arrived in Ceylon on 1900 August 9th and subsequently others followed until 5,089 prisoners had landed with the last on 1901 June 1st. Diyatalawa was the main camp. Mount Lavinia was the convalescent camp opened on 1900 December 17th. Dissidents and irreconcilables who would not sign the oath of allegiance to the British Crown were housed at Ragama Camp which got it's first inmates on 1901 January 8th. Camps for prisoners on parole was also opened at Urugasmanhandiya on 1901 September 11th and also in Hambantota on 1901 September 19th. When informed that a sum of money had been placed to the credit of a prisoner-of-war in one of the South African banks, he was allowed to draw against it in the miniature bank-notes issued by the Camp Commandant. Newly arrived Boers had good deal of money, mostly in Transvaal gold sovereigns, which were deposited with the Camp Commandant. These sovereigns were exchanged at Rs 15.25 of local money. The Boer prisoners were paid for the labour, the maximum rate for the more skilled captive artisans being Rs 1.25 for a 7 hour work day. The Diyatalawa Camp was ringed by the deep trench and barbed wire entanglements, came to be called Boer Town. It was divided into two laagers or settlements. The one nearer to the railway station was dubbed by the prisoners themselves Kruger's Dorp, and was occupied mainly by Transvaalers. The Burghers from the Orange River Colony occupied the other, which they christened Steyn's Ville. Source:https://libcom.org/article/pow-camps-ceylon-during-boer-war ------------------------------------------------ TO RESERVE Call Marketing Now (011) 789-2233 or (011) 789 -2234Or email us by clicking on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This offer expires on the12th August 2022- and/or subject to availability. E & OE - Subject to our terms and conditions. NB: Payment options we accept for this promotion are: Bank transfer (EFT). Or cash upon collection on these promotions. We are POPIA Compliant ------------------------------------------------ |
