BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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1912 (23rd July), reply half of a Cape QV ½d postal stationery card. Addressed to Cape Town, South Africa with no message. A single KEVII ½d yellowish green (SG 67) was affixed and tied by a LOBATSI / B.P (23 Jul) single circle datestamp with an additional strike on the reverse. Very fine.
Note: the addressee, Mr H van Oordt van Lauwenrecht, was the Consul General for the Netherlands in Cape Town and who apparently sent self-addressed reply paid cards to every post office in South Africa beginning with the letters ‘A’ and ‘B’ (and possibly ‘C’, by which time writer’s cramp may have forced a halt). However, as far as Bechuanaland is concerned agencies beginning with the letters ‘A’ to ‘R’ are known.
As the reply card stipulated ‘Inland Service’, postage from Bechuanaland was required.
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