BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4276 |
| 1891 (18th November), envelope addressed to Cape Town, bearing a pair of unappropriated die 1d lilac and black (SG 10), tied by ‘534’ Barred Oval Numeral Cancellers with a proving KURUMAN / BECHUANALAND (18 Nov) single circle datestamp alongside, all struck in BLUE. With Vryburg (20 Nov) transit and G.P.O. Cape Town (23 Nov) arrival backstamps. An annotation by the receiver on the reverse indicates the sender was E. Finnis, who was the Chief Constable at Kuruman. A very scarce and most attractive example of a Bechuanaland coloured cancellation and a fine example of the 2d per half-ounce letter rate to the Cape. |
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