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Revenue stamps of Bechuanaland

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as Stellaland in 1884. Note: this information is wrong. Bechuanaland was split into British Bechuanaland and the Bechuanaland Protectorate. British Bechuanaland was added to the Cape Colony and the Bechuanaland Protectorate was governed from Mafeking until the seat of government was moved to
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revenues were issued overprinted for British Bechuanaland. These were replaced by dual-purpose postage and revenue stamps later in 1887, but these were still mainly intended for fiscal rather than postal use.
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added by hand in 1886. A year later Stellaland revenues were issued with a small blue handstamp with the name of the new colony. Both of these issues are extremely rare and hard to find. Later in 1887
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Stellaland's first revenues were issued in 1884 with the republic's coat of arms. Two years later a number of them were issued handstamped with a monogram
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In 1968, a 10 rand revenue stamp with the country's coat of arms was issued. In 1976 a similar stamp was issued but with the face value in
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similar to the contemporary postage stamps but with a different inscription were issued. Similar issues but with the portraits of
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for use as revenues however one exists postally used. In 1932, pictorial designs with the portrait of
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An 1888 British Bechuanaland postage & revenue stamp, that was intended mainly for fiscal use.
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were issued in 1887, and were British Bechuanaland postage & revenue stamps overprinted
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followed in 1938 and 1955 respectively. In 1961 the 1955 stamps were issued surcharged in
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were overprinted, and from 1914 to 1942 similar overprints were made on
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Postage stamps and postal history of Bechuanaland Protectorate
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in 1976, and later that year a set in new values was issued.
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Postage stamps and postal history of British Bechuanaland
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Postage stamps and postal history of Stellaland Republic
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since a number of the original stamps had been stolen.
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Index


Bechuanaland
revenue stamps

British Bechuanaland
Cape of Good Hope
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Cape of Good Hope
Transvaal
South African revenues
King George V
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth II
South African rand
pula
pula
Tati Concessions Land
African elephant
Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana
Postage stamps and postal history of Bechuanaland Protectorate
Postage stamps and postal history of British Bechuanaland
Postage stamps and postal history of Stellaland Republic






ISBN
0906845726

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