Lot 275
Postal Stationery. 1931 Field Marshall group from the Bechuanaland archive




Stamps & Covers of British Africa | 5956
Auction: 16 November 2023 at 10:30 GMT
£480
Description
Postal Stationery. 1931 “Field Marshall” group comprising ½d wrapper, ½d envelope (230 x 104mm), 1d letter card, and 4d registered envelopes x2 (sizes G and H2), each with seriffed “SPECIMEN” h/s applied by the Bechuanaland postal authorities (type BEC2a). Slight imperfections but extremely rare. (5)
Footnote
The Bechuanaland UPU postal stationery collection was returned to London in 1937. The collection contained up to three examples of each postal stationery item distributed by the UPU. Two collections were formed from this material, one of which is in the National Postal Museum and the other in the British Library, leaving just one set available to collectors.




