- £800.00
1891 unstamped cover to England that has been taxed 4d on arrival, endorsed at the top ‘H Forster’ and in the lower left corner ‘…Beach Lt / O C / Middle …’ A VRYBURG JY 17 91 datestamp is on the front of the cover, on the back is a Portsmouth AU 11 91 transit c.d.s. Although there appeared to be no actual conflict at that time in Bechuanaland, there was a force of Bechuanaland Border Police who were there as there was growing tension between the local tribes and the British Administration as in 1891 the northern frontier of the protectorate was extended and the whole of it placed under the administration of a resident commissioner. Some local chiefs were unhappy with this. A most interesting cover most probably from a member of the Bechuanaland Border Police.
