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Auction: 7025 - Bechauanaland, Somaliland & Sudan, The John Inglefield-Watson Collections
Lot: 1005

THE BECHUANALANDS The Warren Expedition, 1884-85 Military Telegraphs Correctly Used For Telegraphic Purposes 1885 Provisionals, "6" on 1d. lilac and black cancelled with two part "field telegraph/t s/no 44" double-ring d.s. in violet, and "1/-" on 5/- green and brown with a large part strike of the same d.s.; the latter a little faded, otherwise sound. A scarce pair. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 Note: When joined together these two stamps show an almost complete strike of the datestamp and may well have been used together as such

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