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Auction: 22025 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 265

(x) Basutoland
Covers and Cancellations
1942-53 envelopes (14, six registered) and a receipt all bearing King George VI 1938 definitives (18), including 1947 envelope from Emmaus Mission to Pretoria bearing 1½d. tied by Mafeteng c.d.s., 1945 envelope registered to New Jersey, USA bearing 6d. and 1/- tied by 'maseru; c.d.s. and with boxed "posted out of course/to pay" bilingual cachet alongside, 1948 airmail envelope registered to Cheshire bearing 2/6d. tied by 'maseru' c.d.s, 1950 OHMS envelope to New York bearing 3d., 1938 long envelope registered to Natal bearing 4d. block of four tied by single strike of 'leribe' c.d.s., 1942 envelope to Mafeteng bearing 5/- tied by 'mafeteng' c.d.s., 1953 envelope registered to Cape Town bearing ½d., 1d., 1½d., 2d., 3d. and 4d. tied by 'maseru' c.d.s. and 1953 envelope to Johannesburg bearing ½d., 1d., 1½d., 2d., 3d., 4d., 6d. and 1/- all tied by 'maseru' c.d.s., etc. A fine group with some scarce frankings and markings

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Estimate
£300 to £400