BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB3510 |
| 1943 (7th October), South African official bilingual printed ‘I.D.V.S.M. O.H.M.S.’ envelope sent registered to South Africa. Bearing KGVI definitive 2d chocolate-brown and 4d orange (SG 121, 123) each tied by a BECH. PROT / H.O. MAFEKING (7 X 43) double circle datestamp with a further strike on the reverse. Mafeking registration cachet and large oval POST OFFICE MAFEKING datestamp, both struck in purple. Some staining, mainly confined to the reverse. No evidence of having been censored. |
| £30 |
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