BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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1938 (9th September), KGV ‘Cattle and Baobab’ ½d green on buff postal stationery card (H&G 7 / BBS PC19). Addressed to Linokana, Transvaal, South Africa, the imprinted stamp is cancelled with a Lobatsi (9 Sep 38) double circle datestamp. Corner crease at lower left otherwise a very scarce card unused and particularly commercially used.
Note: the addressee was probably a descendent of Thomas Jensen, a missionary based in Linokana from 1863, who died in 1908 after 45 years in the service of the Hermannsburg Missionaries. His son Ferdinand followed in the footsteps of his father to become Mission Superintendent. He also completed 45 years of service, and died in 1941. (from an article titled “Thomas Jensen of Linokana - Missionary and Post Agent” by Werner Seeba, published in ‘The Transvaal Philatelist’ issue 123, August 1992.)
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| £150 |
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