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Auction: 23026 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1169

(x) Bechuanaland
Postal Stationery
Bechuanaland Protectorate

Registered Envelopes
1913-32 KGV collection comprising 1913-17 4d. on 2d.+1d. chestnut size F unused (5, one with archival notation) and used (the only known example with letter code "f.g" and missing stop after "fee paid"), and size G unused (5, one with archival notation) and used (2); 1918 typographed 4d. on 2d.+1d. chestnut size G unused (2) and used and lithographed 4d. on 2d.+1d. chestnut size G unused and used (stamp missing); 1919-20 4d. on 2d. on 1½d. blue size F unused (3); 1920-21 5½d. on 2d.+2d. grey-green size F unused (3, one with wrapper band) and used (2), and size G unused (3) and used (2); 1922 5½d. on 3d.+2d. vermilion size G unused (2) and used (2); 1925 4½d. size G handstamped "colonias" in blue, unused (4) and used (2); and 1932 4d. size G overprinted "specimen", unused (2) and used (2). A wonderful specialist lot. RE 32-RE 41

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1000