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Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
AB3533
1966 (31st January), official printed ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ envelope sent registered airmail to Cape Town. Bearing a single Churchill 12½c brown (SG 196) tied by LOBATSI (31 JAN 66) double circle datestamp with additional strike on the reverse. Manuscript registration number. Backstamped with large DEPT OF POSTS & TELEGRAPHS / 31 JAN 1966 / HEAD OFFICE LOBATSI oval datestamp struck in violet and a Kimberley (2 Feb) transit. A fine single franking.
£25