NAM.2009-01-74-2

One of two official stamps used by Col Charles Hume during his service in South Africa between 1899 and 1901. Stamp has a dark, wooden handle with rubber stamp set within a round metal base. Stamp imprint is round with crest in the centre, inside a circle. Crest shows a lion sitting under an acacia tree with bugles depicted in the top right, top left and bottom centre. Outside the circle are the words, ‘Kantoor van den Superintendent v. Onderwijs, S.V.O.’, meaning, ‘Office of the Superintendent of Education. South Africa Free State’. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902), Burma, Guerilla Warfare (1885-1895) and Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).

Boer War (1899-1902), Burma, Guerrilla Warfare (1885-1895), Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)