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Auction: 25011 - The David Spivack Collection of Queen Victoria Overprinted for use in the Bechuanalands
Lot: 475

(x) Bechuanaland
Collections and Ranges
Covers and Cancellations
Documents: 1889 "Tenders for Conveyance of Bechuanaland Mails" for the carriage of mail between Kimberley and Mafeking via Barkly West, Bank's Drift, Taung, Vryburg and Setlagoli; fine.
Also 1892 handwritten "Annual Report of the Postmaster General for British Bechuanaland for year ending 31 March 1892" with details of revenue and expenditure, concluding "As the management of the postal and telegraph systems has been handed over to the Postmaster General of the Cape Colony from 1st April 1892 this Department now ceases to exist"; written and signed by the acting Postmaster General. A good pair of postal history documents

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Estimate
£250 to £300