BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTMARKS
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| AB3345 |
MOROKWEN B.B. (JY 28 / 22) single circle datestamp. Complete, almost upright strike on two Union of South Africa 1d rose-red on small piece. Scarce. SG 4
Note: this agency is recorded opening in 1895, the same year that British Bechuanaland was annexed to the Cape. As with some other postal agencies in the annexed territory, Morokwen continued to use the old Bechuanaland datestamp for many years during the Cape and subsequently Union administrations.
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| £65 |
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