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Botswana
Postage , Definitive and Commemorative stamps Pictorials ,
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Botswana is a
nation in Southern Africa. Formerly the British protectorate of
Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent
within the Commonwealth
The first
Bechuanaland Protectorate postage stamps were produced in 1888 by
overprinting stamps of Bechuanaland with "Protectorate" and Cape of Good Hope
stamps with
"Bechuanaland / Protectorate.".
From 1897 to 1925 more British stamps were overprinted using the
protectorate's name in various layouts.The protectorate's Peace issue of 1945 was produced by overprinting
"Bechuanaland" on South Africa's Peace stamps. Stamps were issued for
the Royal Visit in 1947 and when Queen Elizabeth II replaced her father
in a series of 1955.
Three stamps in 1960 commemorated the 75th anniversary of the
protectorate, then in 1961 Bechuanaland converted to the South African
rand
followed by a new definitive seriesthat was mostly pictures of birds,.
Standard Commonwealth omnibus issues appeared up until independence,
along with a 1 June 1966 issue commemorating the 25th anniversary of the
Bechuanaland Pioneers and Gunners.
The Tati Concessions Land, incorporated into the Bechuanaland
Protectorate, and Stellaland, a break-away Boer republic from the
Bechuanalands, issued its own stamps,
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