BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
AB3491
1937 (21st June), picture postcard with sepia photograph of native women. Addressed to Germany and bearing KGVI Coronation 1d scarlet (SG 115) x 2, each tied by a SEROWE (21 JUN 37) double circle datestamp. The message was written at Okavango and dated 13th May though the card only entered the postal system at Serowe over a month later. The sender apparently carried old GSWA period cards on his travels, this being produced in Swakopmund.
£35