BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB3511 |
| 1946 (27th December), South African official bilingual printed ‘O.H.M.S. I.D.V.S.M.’ envelope sent registered to the USA. Bearing KGVI definitive 4d orange and 6d purple (SG 123, 124a) tied by a BECH. PROT / H.O. MAFEKING (22 XII 46) double circle datestamp with a further strike on the reverse. With Mafeking registration cachet struck in purple. Backstamped with New York (29 Jan) transit and Detroit (30 and 31 Jan) arrival datestamps. |
| £30 |
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