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Auction: 21019 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 894

(x) Southern Rhodesia
1937 King George VI Definitive Issue
Prospective buyers are referred to the Rhodesia Study Circle Memoir 21 "The KGVI Postage and Revenue Definitives of Southern Rhodesia" by George Stewart, FRPSL and Colin Hoffman RDPSA, FRPSL which contains a wealth of fascinating information on this attractive issue
Covers, Inland Mail/South Africa
1938 (14 Oct.) envelope from Gwanda "By Runner" (deleted), replaced with typed "By Cyclist", to Tuli, bearing 1d. with double-ring datestamp and with arrival datestamp (22.10) on face with a further strike on reverse. Scarce

Note: Even at this time mails were still carried by cyclists and runners in all three territories. This cover was carried by cyclist messenger, on rail from to the Police Post at Tuli, taking two days. The cover had to wait until the Police Officer returned from an urgent patrol before it received a datestamp of receipt. See RSCJ 159, December 1991

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£150