BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4496 |
| 1879 (24th April) incoming envelope from England bearing QV 6d grey (SG 147, plate 16) tied by Stockwell (24 April) duplex cancellation. Addressed to ‘Revd J. S. Moffat / Molepolole / Via Zeerust / Transvaal / Cape of Good Hope’. Cape Town transit on the front and light Pretoria / Zuid Afrika (May? 30) transit backstamp. The Rev. John Smith Moffat was the fourth son of the Rev. Robert Moffat (founder of Kuruman) and brother-in-law of David Livingstone. A very rare item of early incoming mail which would have travelled into Bechuanaland from Zeerust via Linokana (ZAR) and Kanye utilising a service operated by missionaries based at Linokana and in Bechuanaland. Of the seven letters recorded sent by runner via Zeerust, this is the only one sent by the longer route via Pretoria instead of Potchefstroom. Some peripheral soiling, otherwise fine. |
| £475 |
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