BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
- POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4297 |
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1898 (23rd December), envelope addressed to England endorsed at top ‘Card Only’. Bearing a single QV 1d ‘Jubilee’ lilac (SG 61) tied by KANYE / BECHUANALAND (23 Dec) single circle datestamp with an additional strike below. Backstamped with Mafeking (24 Dec) squared circle transit and London (16 Jan) arrival datestamps. A scarce and unusual franking.
Note: it is unclear why this letter was not taxed. Assuming it was accepted as a ‘card’, the postcard rate from the 18th November 1892 was 2d, only dropping to 1d from 1st April 1899 (see ‘Southern African Mails, page 483, by Brian Trotter).
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| £275 |
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