BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4333 |
| WW2 1944 (20th November), complete Great Britain KGVI ‘Air Letter’ addressed to B. S. Gaseitsiwe / P.O. Kanye / via Lobatsi Station’. Bearing a single GB KGVI 3d pale violet (SG 490) tied by a FIELD POST OFFICE / 531 (20 Nov) double circle datestamp (then believed to be located in Italy). Endorsed at top ‘SECHUANA’ and with shield-type crowned ‘Passed By Censor’ cachet. The message (in Setswana) is headed ‘R.S.M. – Mookami Gaseitsiwe / 1970 Bechuana Coy / A.P.C. / C.M.F. 18th Nov 1944.’ The writer was a member of the African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps. Mail from the Bechuanaland contingent is rare, especially when complete. |
| £125 |
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