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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1087

(x) Bechuanaland
Covers and Cancellations

Bechuanaland Protectorate
1898 (23 Dec.) British Bechuanaland 4d. registered envelope (1889 issue, size G) to East London, bearing 1897 4d. tied by "palapye" c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, Kimberley, NP T.P.O. Down and arrival datestamps; and 1899 (4 Oct.) British Bechuanaland 4d. registered envelope (1889 issue, size G) to Port Elizabeth, bearing 1897 1d. (4) tied by "francistown/s. africa" c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, Kimberley, Midland Down and arrival datestamps. A fine pair of registered covers

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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£180