Bechuanaland Protectorate  

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H&G 1 H&G 3 H&G C7 H&G C8 H&G C17 H&G C18

UPU member as British Colony from 1 March 1901.

class H&G BBS date value size description printer specimen type BBS spec type Note
post card 2 PC13 1901 1d   GB QV 1899 card overprinted De La Rue D{4} 18  
  1 PC14 1903 ½d   GB QV 1901 card overprinted De La Rue D{4} 18  
  3 PC15 1907 ½d   GB KEVII card overprinted De La Rue GB17 10  
  4 PC16 1907 1d   GB KEVII card overprinted De La Rue GB17 10  
  7 PC19 1932 ½d   KGV pictorial Waterlow W{1} 20  
  8 PC20 1938 ½d   KGVI pictorial Waterlow W{1} 20  
  9 PC21 1944 1d   KGVI pictorial Waterlow W{15} 22  
regist env C7 RE25 1899 4d F QV ‘Antilles’ type De La Rue D{4} 17  
  C8 RE27 1903 DUTY 4d.' on 2d + 1d F GB KEVII reg env overprinted McCorquodale GB16 11 2
  C8b RE28 1903 'DUTY 4d.' on 2d + 1d G GB KEVII reg env overprinted McCorquodale GB16 11 2
  C17 RE41 1932 4d G KGV De La Rue D{8} 19  
  C18b RE42a 1937 4d G KGVI De La Rue D{9} 21  

type BBS type image dimensions application
D{4} 17 91½–93 × 8½–9 overprinted diag BL to TR
D{8} 19 56½ × 7½ overprinted diag BL to TR
D{9} 21 41 × 3½ overprinted diag BL to TR
GB16 11 15½ × 2¾ handstamped horiz on stamp
GB17 10 16 × 2¾ printed on stamp
W{1} 20 43 × 6 overprinted diag BL to TR
W{15} 22 85 × 11 overprinted diag BL to TR

Notes

1  Catalogue and specimen type numbers in columns headed BBS are those used by The Bechuanaland and Botswana Society.
2  Specimens of the 1903 registered envelopes were distributed on 7 November 1903 (IB Circular 4890/292).

Acknowledgement

Compiled by Peter Thy.

Reference

Thy, Peter and Inglefield-Watson, John. The Postal Stationery of the Bechuanalands and Botswana. British Philatelic Trust in conjunction with The Bechuanaland and Botswana Society, London, 2004.

Last updated 8 October 2008

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