Lot 312
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cover 1898 (19 Jan.) Rhodesia 1d. card (minor staining), uprated with ½d., from Francestown to Mafeking, twice cancelled with "FRANCESTOWN/S. AFRICA" c.d.s. and with arrival c.d.s. alongside. Photo
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cover 1898 (19 Jan.) Rhodesia 1d. card (minor staining), uprated with ½d., from Francestown to Mafeking, twice cancelled with "FRANCESTOWN/S. AFRICA" c.d.s. and with arrival c.d.s. alongside. Photo

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cover 1898 (19 Jan.) Rhodesia 1d. card (minor staining), uprated with ½d., from Francestown to Mafeking, twice cancelled with "FRANCESTOWN/S. AFRICA" c.d.s. and with arrival c.d.s. alongside. Photo
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
Note: During the construction of the railway line to the border near Plumtree a narrow strip of land along the line was temporarily ceded to the B.S.A. Co's control from July 1897 to June 1898. This legalised the use of B.S.A. or Rhodesian stamps for all postal purposes during this period