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STELLALAND The
area was conquered and annexed
by
the Boers when in 1882 they established the republic of Stellaland and
then proceeded to establish the republic of Goshen further north. The
Boers
proclaimed Stellaland to be under Transvaal protection. A postal
service
was organised and stamps were printed. These stamps however were only
valid
within the country.
The
British sent out a force
which, without
a shot being fired, led to Bechuanaland being formally taken under
British
protection on the 30th September 1885. Two areas were established
- British Bechuanaland and the Bechuanaland Protectorate
BRITISH BECHUANALAND
The
area to the south of Molopo
river
was constituted as a crown colony and described as British
Bechuanaland.
Stamps were produced by overprinting Cape of Good Hope and
British
stamps. Then on the 16th November 1895 it was annexed to the Cape
Colony
and it ceased to have its own stamps
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE The
large portion to the north of
the
Molopo river became the Bechuanaland Protectorate. First Cape of Good
Hope
and then British stamps were overprinted for use in the protectorate
till
1932 when the first stamps were printed for the area.
BECHUANALAND In
1965 the Becuanaland
Protectorate was granted self-government and was renamed as Becuanaland.
BOTSWANA On
the 30th September 1966
Bechuanaland
became the independent republic of Botswana
 Philatelic Societies The Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa PSGSA focuses upon all philatelic areas
related to the following past and present stamp-issuing entities and
areas: Anglo-Boer War, the Bechuanalands, Botswana, British Central
Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Griqualand East/West, the Homelands, the
Interprovisional Period, Lesotho, Local Posts, Malawi, Namibia, Natal,
New Republic, the Nyasalands, Orange Free State/Colony, the
Pre-Adhesive Period, the Rhodesias, South West Africa (German &
British Periods), Stellaland, Swaziland, Transvaal, Union/Republic of
South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Zululand
The
Bechuanaland and Botswana Society (UK)
The Society was formed in 1985 by and for
people with an interest in philatelic history of the region. This includes postage and revenue stamps,
postal stationery, post offices and postmarks, postal rates and mail
routes of the region known at various times as Stellaland, British
Bechuanaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Botswana.
GB
Overprint Society (UK) New Issues from Botswana Selected Philatelic Pages for Botswana and Bechuanaland Stamps of Stellaland by Rick Turner The Revenue Stamps of Bechuanaland by Peter Thy The Newspaper Wrappers of British Bechuanaland by Peter Thy Story of the newspaper wrappers used in British Bechaunaland from January 1887 and in the Bechaunaland Protectorate from 1892 until stocks were exhausted of the 1890 issue sometime about 1910 The Overprinted ½d British Newspaper Wrappers by Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson A detailed examination of the three printings of these newspaper wrappers by De la Rue in September 1887, May 1890 and November 1891. The authors have identified two different cancelling bars on the five-line wrapper. Forged British Bechuanaland Newspaper Wrappers by Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson "...we describe and discuss two wrappers overprinted ‘British Bechuanaland’ and believed to be forgeries. The main point of the discussion is to present the forgeries and to illustrate the ambiguity involved in distinguishing between essays and forgeries" Tati Concessions Limited  Tati Concessions Limited were given permission by the British Government to produce stamps for fiscal purposes. In 1895 six stamps were produced, a 1s deep carmine, a 2s 6d deep blue, a 5s violet, a 10s grey green, a £1 pale blue and a £5 orange. Some of the lower values were used for postal purposes. BOOKS The Postage Stamps, Postal Stationery, and Postmarks of the Bechuanalands by H R Holmes, published in 1971 by the Royal Philatelic Society as a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. The Postal Stationery of the Bechuanalands and Botswana by Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson, publ Btitsih Philatelic Trust, 2004, 192pp, ISBN 1871777135 This book is the result of many years of research in existing collections, archives and other sources. They lists in excess of 200 different items of issued stationery, including major varieties, about 45 different ‘Specimens’ and 50 essays and proofs. © Jan Kosniowski 2008-9 |
