BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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1887 (18th March) envelope addressed to Venterstad, Cape Colony, bearing a pair of 1d rose-red (SG 5) cancelled by a ‘555’ Barred Oval Numeral Canceller with a proving strike of the VRYBURG / BECHUANALAND (18 Mar) single circle datestamp alongside. With a Kimberley (21 Mar) and Burghersdorp (23 Mar) transits and Venterstad (23 Mar) arrivals backstamps. The flap with the imprint ‘Rosenblatt & Wessels, Attorneys & Notaries, Vryburg.’ printed in black. Very rare, with less than 12 covers bearing stamps of the first issue believed extant. Ex Brian Hurst collection.
Note: a fine example of the 2d per half ounce rate introduced between Cape Colony and British Bechuanaland on the 1st December 1885.
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