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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 306

Bechuanaland
Covers and Cancellations
1923 (18 Sept.) 5½d. on 3d.+2d. G size registered envelope (Thy RE 39) from Palapye Rail to Johannesburg, uprated with 1913-24 ½d. sharing double-ring datestamp with imprinted stamp, handstamp registration handstamp in violet at left, private arrival datestamp (21.9) on reverse; crease on flap, otherwise fine and one of the rarest Protectorate registration envelopes. Photo

provenance:
Sir John Inglefield-Watson, October 2007

Sold for
£420