Postal History of
BASUTOLAND |
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Post Offices LERIBE to MAFETENG | |||||||||
LERIBE |
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Opened:
1872-1881 and 1895-1966
Area:
Leribe
PO Type: PA, PO 1905 |
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1 | BONC | "317" |
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Used at
Thlotse Heights from 1881 to 1895 |
18.07.1881 (Proud) |
400 | |||
2 | 1C | "BASUTOLAND" | Only one copy reported | 08.10.1877 (Proud) |
600 | ||||
3 | 1C | "C.G.H." |
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19.09.1895 (Proud) |
09.10.1906 (Proud) |
80 | |||
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4 | 1C | "Blank" | Skeleton type | 08.12.1906 (Proud) |
21.12.1906 (Proud) |
300 | |||
5 | 2C | "Bar + Cross" |
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Date in 2 lines | 07.02.1908 (Proud) |
14.02.1914 (Proud) |
30 | ||
6 | 2C | "Bar + Cross" | South Africa above and below date | 01.10.1914 (Proud) |
21.06.1916 (Proud) |
40 | |||
7 | 2C | "Bar + Cross" |
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Date 1 line South Africa removed |
19.09.1916 (Proud) |
29.09.1934 (Proud) |
25 | ||
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8 | 2C | "Bar + Cross" |
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Short bars | 10.11.1917 (Aab) |
18.08.1933 (Proud) |
25 | ||
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9 | 2C | "Cross" | 28.03.1935 (Proud) |
08.01.1937 (Proud) |
30 | ||||
10 | 1C | Skeleton |
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01.12.1933 (Aab) 03.08.1937 (Aab) |
07.02.1934 (Proud) 13.09.1937 (Proud) |
80 | |||
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11 | 2C | "Bar + Cross" | Longer thin
bars Month in letters Bigger cross |
26.02.1934 (Proud) |
15.10.1941 (Proud) |
12 | |||
12 | 2C | "Bar + Cross" |
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Shorter thin
bars Month in Roman letters smaller cross |
14.09.1937 (Proud) |
08.10.1966 (Proud) |
4 | ||
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13 | 2C | "Cross" |
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Leribe small Month in Roman letters |
26.06.1942 (Proud) |
08.10.1966 (Proud) |
4 | ||
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14 | 2C | "BASUTOLAND" |
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31.05.1943 (Proud) |
08.10.1966 (Proud) |
4 | |||
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15 | 2C | "Cross" |
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Leribe large Month in Roman letters |
27.12.1956 (Proud) |
08.10.1966 (Proud) |
4 | ||
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2C | "Cross" |
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02.01.1965 (Aab) |
08.10.1966 (Proud) |
12 | ||||
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LESELING |
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Opened: 1965-1966 Area: Quacha's Nek PO Type: PA |
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2C | "BASUTOLAND" | 30.08.1965 (Proud) |
30.09.1966 (Proud) |
80 | |||||
LESOBENG |
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Opened: 1954-1966 Area: Maseru PO Type: PA |
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"BAS" | 2C | "Blank" |
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26.07.1949 (Proud) |
30.09.1966 (Proud) |
50 | |||
LIKALANENG |
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Opened: 1955-1966 Area: Maseru PO Type: PA |
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2C | "Blank" |
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23.10.1955 (Proud) |
30.09.1966 (Proud) |
30 | ||||
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LINAKENG |
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Opened: 1946 to 1966 Area: Quacha's Nek PO Type: PA |
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2C | "Blank" |
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25.07.1949 (Proud) |
03.10.1966 (Proud) |
25 | ||||
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LITSOETSE |
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Opened: 1950-1954 Area: Quacha's Nek PO Type: PA |
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1 | 2C | "Blank" | 23.06.1951 (Proud) |
03.06.1954 (Proud) |
80 | ||||
MAFETENG |
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Opened: 1874-1966 Area: Mafeteng PO Type: PA, PO 1905 |
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1 | BONC | "156" |
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21.09.1876 (Proud) |
15.10.1901 (Proud) |
50 | |||
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2 | 1C | "BASUTOLAND" |
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21.07.1876 (Proud) |
28.04.1898 (Proud) |
150 | |||
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3 | 1C | Skeleton |
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Only one copy reported | 23.02.1899 (Emil Minaar) |
600 | |||
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4 | 1C | "Blank" |
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12.04.1900 (Proud) |
22.11.1906 (Proud) |
30 | |||
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5 | 2C | "Bars + Cross" |
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05.11.1907 (Proud) |
11.06.1912 (Proud) |
30 | |||
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6 | 2C | "S.AFRICA" | 06.05.1913 (Proud) |
31.08.1916 (Proud) |
60 | ||||
7 | 2C | "Bars" | Bar close to Mafeteng | 04.02.1919 (Proud) |
200 | ||||
8 | 2C | "Bars" | Bar not close to Mafeteng | 31.01.1920 (Proud) |
30.07.1929 (Proud) |
25 | |||
9 | 2C | "Bars" |
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Bar away from Mafeteng | 25.10.1926 (Proud) |
30.09.1935 (Proud) |
15 | ||
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10 | 2C | "Blank" |
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31.12.1922 (Proud) |
17.07.1935 (Proud) |
12 | |||
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11 | 1C | Skeleton |
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Used on OFS
and Union stamps with bogus dates! !915 and 1918 |
14.08.1935 (Hamilton) |
04.01.1936 (Proud) |
80 | ||
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12 | 1C | Skeleton |
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Mafeteng
Basutoland one word |
09.01.1936 (Aab) |
04.02.1936 (Proud) |
100 | ||
13 | 2C | "BASUTOLAND" |
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Round "O" | 02.12.1935 (Proud) |
02.06.1947 (Proud) |
8 | ||
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14 | 2C | "BASUTOLAND" | Oval "O" | 13.12.1937 (Proud) |
19.01.1946 (Proud) |
8 | |||
15 | 1C | Skeleton | Spelt Mafeteng Bas |
28.02.1947 (Proud) |
10.10.1947 (Proud) |
50 | |||
16 | 2C | "BASUTOLAND" |
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05.09.1947 (Proud) |
03.10.1966 (Proud) |
5 | |||
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17 | 2C | "BASUTOLAND" |
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Squared "O" | 17.03.1948 (Proud) |
03.10.1966 (Proud) |
4 | ||
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18 | 2C | "BASUTOLAND" |
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02.10.1964 (Aab) |
03.10.1966 (Proud) |
15 | |||
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19 | 2C | "Blank" | 29.09.1966 (Proud) |
03.10.1966 (Proud) |
40 | ||||
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