BECHUANALAND
Bechuanaland Protectorate Stamps
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE
AB3097
1888 4d lilac and black surcharged ‘Protectorate / 4d’. Showing the variety SMALL FIGURE '4'. Also showing the confirmatory flaws including ‘Broken third ‘t’ in Protectorate’. Very fine used with a ‘676’ Barred Oval Numeral Canceller. A major Bechuanaland rarity, absent from the Holmes collection. Brandon certificate (2003). Ex ‘County’ (2003). SG 44a
 
Note: BONC ‘676’ was used at Shoshong until 1889 when the agency moved to Palachwe Khamas Town.
 
20 examples could originally exist, of which only four are recorded today: two mint and two used. Research by Brian Hurst proved this variety plates to position 84 (row 7/12) of the setting.
 
See RP92 (June 2016), p2298-2300 and p2308
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