BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY
Early Postal History, 1892 Arms to 1897 £2 Arms
 -  1892 ARMS, SG 1-13  -  POSTAL HISTORY
AR638
c1893 printed illustrated envelope headed ‘MATABELE POSTAL JUBILEE’. Being a parody of the British Post Office Envelope featuring a drawing of a young native titled ‘The Royal Male Crawling Into The Royal Kraal ¼ Mile an Hour’ above another of an adult titled ‘The Royal Male 1893 Leaving Buluwayo at 30 Miles an Hour’. Very fine unused and rare thus.
£650