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 -  RAILWAYS  -  Rhodesia Railways Parcel Stamps with Botswana Station Codes
AB2229
RAILWAYS 1969 (23rd May), part of a Rhodesia Railways ‘Parcels Waybill’ (reduced to 113x139mm). Bearing Rhodesia Railways 3c with printed station code ‘TES’ (Tsessebe) together with 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s each with printed station code ‘OZ’ (Odzi, Rhodesia), all stamps further handstamped ‘GS’ for use at Gaberones. All tied by R.R. Gaberones (23 May) oval datestamps struck in violet. Unusual use of Rhodesian station codes in Botswana, especially as Rhodesia had not yet switched to decimal.
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