BECHUANALAND
British Bechuanaland Stamps
BRITISH BECHUANALAND
- 1889-1895 CAPE ½d OVERPRINTED
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1889 Cape of Good Hope ½d grey-black overprinted ‘British Bechuanaland’ in green. Showing the variety OVERPRINT DOUBLE, ONE VERTICAL (the vertical reading ‘Bechuanaland’ only). Very fine mint. Clear BPA certificate (1979). Very rare. SG 30c var
Note: research by Brian Hurst indicates two half panes of 30 received the overprint double, one vertical. Stamps reading ‘Bechuanaland’ only occur on columns 3 and 6. This stamp plates to row 2, column 3.
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