BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4515 |
| 1900 (3rd September), envelope addressed to ‘The Diamond Fields Advertiser’, Kimberley, Cape Colony. Bearing a single QV 2d grey-green and carmine (SG 62) tied by a neat FRANCESTOWN / S. AFRICA (3 Sep) single circle datestamp with a second strike alongside. Kimberley (7 Sep) arrival backstamp. The flap with a TATI CONCESSIONS, LIMITED / FRANCISTOWN / TATI oval cachet printed in black. Flap damaged from opening, otherwise a fine and attractive franking showing the 2d per half ounce rate from the Protectorate to ‘Other Southern African Territories’ introduced on the 1st April 1899. |
| £175 |
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