BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4298 |
1894 (23rd July), QV 4d vermilion registered postal stationery envelope (size G, dated ‘28 4 90’, H&G 7 / BBS RE15c). Addressed to England, bearing a single QV ‘Jubilee’ 4d green and purple-brown (SG 35) tied by a blurry ‘637’ Barred Oval Numeral Canceller with proving TAUNGS / BECHUANALAND (23 Jul) single circle datestamp struck at lower left. Cape Town (25 Jul) transit and Manchester (14 Aug) arrival backstamps.
Note: although the letter rate for mail from England to British Bechuanaland had been reduced from 4d to 2½d per half ounce from the 1st July 1892, it appears a reciprocal rate for mail from British Bechuanaland to England was still considered to be 4d in July 1894 – at least at the Taungs post office. (See ‘Southern African Mails’ by Brian Trotter, page 468).
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| £175 |
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