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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 519

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforation 13½
Eight Pence
S.G. 185a, Grey-purple and dull purple, Long Gash printing
Unplated, placed vertically and tied by "tete/att co/zambesia" intaglio mail bag seal handstamp on envelope to J.N. Macdonald at Fort Usher, and with a fine and very readable further strikeof the handstamp at lower left corner; the envelope with some faults, nevertheless a quite remarkable cover. Photo

Note: The Tete-African Trans Continental Co. in Mozambique formed part of Rhodes' dream to have British territories linked from Cape Town to Cairo and was originally planned to pass through Mount Darwin on its way to Tete. A temporary connection had been established when the Mashona Rebellion broke out, and the rebels destroyed much of the line. The construction camp was also attacked and several people working it were killed. The line was abandoned and later constructed to Tete from Inyanga

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