BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4299 |
1894 (12th January), envelope addressed to Mafeking bearing a single QV ‘Jubilee’ 4d green and purple-brown (SG 35) tied by a GABERONES / B.B.P (12 Jan) single circle datestamp with a second strike below. With a MAFEKING / BECHUANALAND (13 Jan) arrival backstamp.
Note: the 4d adhesive pays the correct letter rate, which from 9th August 1888 until 1st April 1899 was 4d per half ounce for letters from the Protectorate to ‘Other Southern African Territories’ (‘Southern African Mails’ by Brian Trotter, pages 477 and 481).
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| £225 |
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