BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB3943 |
1893 (12th November), QV 4d vermilion registered postal stationery envelope (size G, dated ‘28 4 90’, H&G 7 / BBS RE15c). Addressed to Mafeking, bearing a single QV ‘Jubilee’ 4d green and purple-brown (SG 35) which was left uncancelled, with a MACLOUTSIE (12 Nov) single circle datestamp alongside. With a MAFEKING / BECHUANALAND (18 Nov) arrival backstamp.
Note: the 4d adhesive pays the correct letter rate which from 18th November 1892 was 4d per half ounce for letters from the Protectorate to Bechuanaland (Southern African Mails, page 477). It is unclear why the adhesive was not cancelled (there is no evidence of a previously affixed adhesive or any postal markings underneath).
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| £225 |
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