BECHUANALAND
Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
AB4520
1895 (9th January), stampless ‘O.H.M.S.’ official mail addressed to the ‘Administrators Office / Vryburg’ with a fine despatch strike MOLEPOLOLE / BECHUANALAND (9 Jan) single circle datestamp struck at upper right. Comprising a folded document originally forwarded under cover from F.J. Newton, the Colonial Secretary for British Bechuanaland in Vryburg requesting the Deputy Postmaster at Molepolole to forward a 2/- stamp in respect of a ‘Guarantee Policy’ with various official cachets and endorsements. MAFEKING / [dot] (16 Feb) and VRYBURG / B.B. (18 Feb) transit / arrival backstamps. Clean vertical fold, otherwise a fine and scarce example of official mail which surprisingly took over a month to be delivered.
£225