BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
AB3816
1963 (3rd January), QEII 5c carmine registered postal stationery envelope (B&BS RE 46 / H&G 20). Addressed to Basutoland and bearing a single a QEII 2½c ‘scarlet-chested sunbird’ (SG 170) tied by a MAUN / B.P. (3 Jan) double circle datestamp, also cancelling the imprinted stamp. With a fine MAUN boxed registration cachet struck in violet at upper left. Morija (8 Jan) arrival datestamp also tying the adhesive.
£35