‘VIC’ VISSER BECHUANALAND
Postal History
Postal History
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BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE 1934 (20th March), registered envelope addressed to India bearing a horizontal lower marginal pair of the KGV 1/- black and olive-green (SG 105) showing full printer’s imprint. The stamps are cancelled with a bilingual ROYAL TOUR H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE / SOUTH AFRICA (20 III 34) oval datestamp with the Union Coat-of-Arms above. With an air mail label and a bilingual registration cachet struck in violet. The reverse with a second strike of the Royal Tour datestamp and with a Park Street Calcutta (1 Apr) arrival.
 
Note: Prince George toured Southern Africa on the ‘White Train’ during February and March 1934. A special TPO van was attached and utilized this special datestamp. The train entered Bechuanaland on the 19th March, arriving at Gaberones at 9.30pm. The train left Gaberones at 8.55pm the following evening, the 20th March for Bulawayo.
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