Basutoland  

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H&G 2 H&G 3 H&G 4 H&G C1 with BEC2a H&G C2

UPU member as British Colony from 28 October 1896 and as one of the British Colonies and Protectorates in South Africa from 1 January 1899; represented by the Union of South Africa from 1 June 1910 until independent membership as Lesotho from 6 September 1967.

Waterlow & Co SPECIMEN types have been renumbered

class H&G year value size description printer specimen type
post card 1 1933 1d   KGV pictorial Waterlow W{11}
  2 1935 ½d   KGV pictorial Waterlow W{11}
  3 1937 ½d   KGVI pictorial Waterlow W{12}
  4 1937 1d   KGVI pictorial Waterlow W{13}
regist env C1 1933 4d G: 152 × 96 KGV De La Rue D{8}
  C2 1937 4d G: 152 × 96 KGVI De La Rue D{9a}

type image dimensions application
D{8} 56½ × 7½ overprinted diag BL to TR
D{9a} 41 × 4 overprinted diag TL to BR
W{11} 41½ × 6 overprinted diag BL to TR
W{12} 56 × 6 overprinted diag BL to TR
W{13} 83 × 11 overprinted diag BL to TR

Acknowledgement

Compiled by Emil Minnaar.


Last updated 16 July 2009

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