BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4158 |
| BECHUANALAND / Forerunner / Incoming Missionary Mail 1822 (Feb) incoming large part entire with the message written in palimpsest. Addressed to ‘Mr. Robert Moffat / Missionary, Lattakoo, South Africa / Care of the Revd. Dr. Philip / Cape Town / Cape of Good Hope’ and endorsed ‘Single’ (sheet) at lower left by the sender. Various manuscript postal endorsements including ‘Paid 1/4½’, ‘2’ and ‘Single’. Two different UK ‘PAID’ transits (17 Feb and 20 Feb) and a large oval POST PAID SHIP Lr / LONDON all struck in red and rectangular INVERKEITHING mileage mark struck in black on reverse. At this date Lattakoo was situated near present day Kuruman. Faults including repaired tear from wax seal. A very rare example of incoming mail and believed to be the earliest recorded, being within a year of Moffat’s arrival in May 1821. |
| £3,250 |
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