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Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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AIR MAIL 1931 (15th December), envelope endorsed at top ‘1st Experimental Air Mail’, addressed and sent registered to Johannesburg. Bearing KGV 1d scarlet block of four with a 6d reddish purple (SG 92, 96) each tied by a FRANCISTOWN / BECHD PROTEC (15 Dec) double circle datestamp. Francistown boxed registration cachet and straight-line ‘21 DEC 1931’ both struck in violet. The reverse with ‘DUPLICATE / 18 DEC 1931 / ISSUED’ boxed cachet struck in violet with additional strikes dated 19 and 21 December. Unusual.
Note: presumably this envelope linked up with the Imperial Airways Christmas Mail to South Africa, which departed London on the 9th December.
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