BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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1955 (29th August), KGVI ‘Cattle and Baobab’ 1d red on cream postal stationery card. Addressed to Johannesburg and uprated with the addition of a QEII ½d green (SG 143) cancelled with the modified LOBATSI BECH PROT (29 Aug) double circle datestamp with ‘ROYAL VISIT’ excised at top. The message is headed ‘Moshaneng Mine’. Very fine and a rare card used. (later printing, H&G 9 / BBS PC21b)
Note: the additional ½d adhesive would have paid the extra postage required after a rate increase on the 1st July 1954. The QEII 1½d postal stationery cards arrived late and were only issued in January 1956.
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