BECHUANALAND
Bechuanaland Protectorate Stamps
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE
- 1889 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE ½d GREY-BLACK OVERPRINTED IN GREEN 'Bechuanaland / Protectorate'
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1888 Cape of Good Hope ½d grey-black overprinted ‘Bechuanaland / Protectorate’ in green. With variety OVERPRINT TRANSPOSED. Fine used with RAMOUTSA (OC 13 / 91) single circle datestamp. Believed to be unique, being the only recorded used example. Three mint examples are known, one being in the Botswana Post archive. RPS certificate (1969, for SG 57c). A major Bechuanaland rarity. SG 52c
Note: research by Brian Hurst indicates 24 examples may originally have existed, this being the only used copy known indicating most may have been used postally and the error not noticed at the time.
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| £3,500 |
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