BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB3821 |
| AIR MAIL 1932 (22nd January), printed illustrated envelope ‘By the First Air Mail from Cape Town to London – per Imperial Airways.’ Addressed to Egypt and bearing a single KGV 1/- (SG 98) tied by a LOBATSI (22 Jan) double circle datestamp. With large ‘FROM KIMBERLEY’ cachet handstamped in violet and with a Kimberley (27 Jan) transit datestamp. Johannesburg (27 Jan) transit and unclear Alexandria arrival backstamps. Scarce example of the acceptance of airmail from Bechuanaland for the first flight of the regular service from South Africa to England. |
| £125 |
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