cover 1896 (9 Jun.) registered XU5 from Bulawayo addressed to Baden, bearing on the front a fine 4d. pair and on the reverse a fine 2d. and a damaged 1892-94 ½d., paying 6½d. postage and 4d. registration, the stamps on the reverse uncancelled in Matabeleland and so cancelled in Germany; accompanied by the original enclosure, a superb letter written in German on Central Hotel, Buluwayo (sic) headed paper giving details of the writer's (a mining prospector) escape from Selukwe and trip to Bulawayo. S.G. 18, 60, 62. Photo

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cover 1896 (9 Jun.) registered XU5 from Bulawayo addressed to Baden, bearing on the front a fine 4d. pair and on the reverse a fine 2d. and a damaged 1892-94 ½d., paying 6½d. postage and 4d. registration, the stamps on the reverse uncancelled in Matabeleland and so cancelled in Germany; accompanied by the original enclosure, a superb letter written in German on Central Hotel, Buluwayo (sic) headed paper giving details of the writer's (a mining prospector) escape from Selukwe and trip to Bulawayo. S.G. 18, 60, 62. Photo

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