BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4072 |
| 1905 (1st November), registered envelope addressed to England bearing horizontal strip of three 2½d ultramarine, the centre stamp showing the variety STOP AFTER ‘P’ IN PROTECTORATE (SG 69, 69a) tied by very fine strikes of LOBATSI / B.P. (1 Nov) single circle datestamps with a further strike on the reverse. With boxed registration cachet at upper left struck in violet (possibly applied by the addressee, the stamp dealers Whitfield King). With Registered Cape Town (4 Nov), Registered London (25 Nov) and Registered Ipswich (25 Nov) oval transit / arrival backstamps. RPS certificate (1991). Very rare and believed to be unique usage of this variety. |
| £1,100 |
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