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Auction: 26010 - Stamps of British Africa including the R. J. Looker collection of Rhodesia Double Heads and the ‘Protea’ collection of South Africa, Part II
Lot: 2025

Bechuanaland
Covers and Cancellations
Maribogo: 1895 (17 Mar.) Wirsing Bros envelope to Port Elizabeth bearing 1891-1904 4d. purple-brown and green tied by thin bars "209" cancellation with a good strike of "maribogo/b.b" c.d.s. alongside, the reverse with W.T.P.O. UP (19.3) Western T.P.O. Down (19.3), Midland Down (20.3) and Port Elizabeth arrival (20.3) c.d.s. An interesting cover and 1895 (26 Mar.) envelope to Mafeking bearing 1891-1904 2d. grey-green and carmine cancelled by a light strike of the thin bars "209" numeral with a good strike of "maribogo/b.b." alongside, the reverse with Mafeking (27.3) arrival c.d.s.; fine (2)

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£240