Bechuanaland

Ref: P5541
  • £1350.00

1913 registered parcel label from the Tati Concessions for a gold bar, to the African Banking Corp. Bulawayo, with a block of 4 unappropriated die 2/6d, a block of 4 and a single 3d and a 1d, paying an 11/4d rate, each tied by a FRANCISTOWN NO 6 13 datestamp. This franking presumably would have included insurance. A fine and rare item, the 2/6d in a block commercially used is extremely rare.