British Bechuanaland  

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H&G 4 H&G C7a H&G E7

The colony of British Bechuanaland was not in membership of the UPU until it was annexed to Cape of Good Hope on 16 November 1895.

class H&G BBS date value size description printer specimen type BBS spec type Notes
post card 4 PC3 1888 1d   GB QV 1883 foreign card overprinted De La Rue BEC2 2 2
regist env C7 RE15 1889 4d G GB QV env imprinted with 1885 STO stamp McCorquodale BEC2 2 2, 3
  C7a RE16 1889 4d H GB QV env imprinted with 1885 STO stamp McCorquodale BEC2 2 2, 3
  C7b RE17 1889 4d K GB QV env imprinted with 1885 STO stamp McCorquodale BEC2 2 2, 4
wrapper E4 WR4 1888 1d   GB QV 1883 wrapper overprinted De La Rue BEC2 2 2, 5
  E7 WR7 1890 ½d   GB QV 1889 wrapper overprinted De La Rue BEC2 2 2, 6

type BBS type image dimensions application
BEC2 2 22½ × 2¾ handstamped on stamp

Notes

1  Catalogue and specimen type numbers in columns headed BBS are those used by The Bechuanaland and Botswana Society.
2  Submitted to UPU in 1890 as the result of a special arrangement to distribute stationery (and stamps) in use in non-member British dependencies.
3  Exists with F for second E in SPECIMEN.
4  Exists with F for second E in SPECIMEN also with SPECIMEN double.
5  Exists with SPECIMEN double and inverted.
6  The wrapper exists printed on pale yellowish buff and deep buff paper. The UPU specimen is on the pale yellowish buff paper.

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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