BECHUANALAND 1913 SG88/9 Used digital-edition 1942-44 "THREE PIES" on 1a8p

1942-44 "THREE PIES" on 1a8p carmine

as the seven sheets receiving the perfin were usually from two different vignette plates

tied by fine "MOULMEIN / R-8 in bars" duplex and penstroke

Wishing you a Happy Christmas"

dated "Oct 31

BECHUANALAND 1913 SG88/9 Used digital-edition 1942-44 "THREE PIES" on 1a8p1913 24 B. W. printings 2s6d chocolate brown horizontal pair and 5s rose carmine vertical pair, each with part strikes of 1929 Francistown cds (the 5s clearly dated "25 MAR"), hinged to original pieces from red white bilingual South African parcel labels, the latter preserving part of address (to [St]andard Ba[nk Bulawayo]). The 2s6d pair with minor creasing at top, 5s pair with slight wrinkling affecting upper stamp only, still a fine and very scarce