BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4284 |
1888 (27th April), envelope addressed to England, bearing 8d postage comprising four examples of the unappropriated die 1d lilac and black and two of the scarce 2d pale dull lilac and black (SG 10, 11a) tied by ‘555’ Barred Oval Numeral Cancellers with a proving VRYBURG / BECHUANALAND (27 Apr) single circle datestamp below. Backstamped with G.P.O. Cape Town (2 May) transit and Macclesfield (23 May) arrival datestamps. A few edge faults and odd stain. The postage rate to England was 8d per half ounce, introduced on the 1st December 1885.
Note: the 2d pale dull lilac (SG 11a, which always has a characteristic ‘washed-out’ appearance) is rare on cover, these being the first such examples we have handled.
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| £325 |
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