BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| VV508 |
| 1895 (15th October), British Bechuanaland used in the Protectorate. QV 4d registered postal stationery envelope (B&BS RE15a, dated ‘28.2.89’ / H&G 7). Addressed to Cape Town, bearing a QV Jubilee 4d green and purple-brown (SG 35) tied by a very light ‘758’ BONC with a proving strike of the PALLA (OC 15) single circle datestamp below. With registration number ‘180’ in blue manuscript. Backstamped with a Mafeking (OC 18) squared circle transit on the flap and a Cape Town (OC 20) arrival datestamp. Vertical crease, though a rare postmark on cover and a fine example of the 4d per half ounce letter rate from the Protectorate to the Cape. |
| £375 |
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