QV TO QEII MINT COLLECTION: SG springback album with the exclusively mint ranges of QV types opts. "BRITISH BECHUANALAND" or "BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE" on issues of GB & COGH; KEVII 1904-13 set of 5 to 1/-, KGV 1913 & 1924 types to 1/- values, DLR & BW Seahorses 2/6d (2) & 5/- (2), KGV 1932 'Baobab & Cattle' set to 10/-, SG 99/110 (£500) and KGVI & QEII sets in same design, 1948 RSW set, 1961 New Currency surcharges to 1r on 10/- and 1961(Oct) New Currency set to 2r, etc. (c.130+) (Image)

MOUNTED MINT COLLECTION IN BINDER: Exclusively mint ranges from QV to 1970s. Includes 1885-87 opts. set on COGH issues to 1/- value (less 6d) plus various later QV opts. noting values to 2/-, and later KEVII/KGV defin. sets to 1/- values. Also KGV pictorial set (cattle & tree) to 5/-, SG 100/109 plus KGVI & QEII sets to 10/- in same design. QEII long defin. sets inc. surcharge varieties and later issues to first few Botswana sets. (Few 100s) (Image)

1932 REGISTERED LETTER WITH QV FRANKINGS: 15 Mar 1932 Regd. letter to Nylstroom, S.Africa franked with QV Bechuanaland SG 9, 30, & 33, each in blocks of four, centrally cancelled by Lobatsi c.d.s. alongside Lobatsi Regd. cachet in violet. Unusual. (Image)

1936/37 DLR ESSAY FOR PLANNED KEVIII OMNIBUS ISSUE - essay ex the DLR archive for KEVIII omnibus issue, inscribed 'BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE' and with circular reserve for the portrait; rare. Also Grenada KGVI ¼d brown block of four that utilised this design. (2 items) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS, OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS (Image)