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Revenues, Tati, Railways
RAILWAYS
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Rhodesia Railways Parcel Stamps with Botswana Station Codes
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| RAILWAYS 1969 (21st March), Rhodesia Railways ‘Parcels Waybill’ (reduced to 161x136mm). Bearing Rhodesia Railways 4c with printed station code ‘FT’ (Francistown) and a 2s with printed code ‘OZ’ (Odzi, Rhodesia) further handstamped ‘FT’ in violet for use in Francistown. Both tied by R.R. / Francistown (21 Mar) large oval datestamp struck in violet. With a R.R. Stationmaster Shashi (21 Mar) violet boxed cachet, presumably applied on arrival. Unusual use of a Rhodesian station code in Botswana, especially as Rhodesia had not yet switched to decimal. |
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