Lot 59
Basutoland 1939 Censored postcard




The Academic Collection | Part 5 | S25008
Auction: 21 May 2025 at 10:30 BST
Estimate: £150 - £180
Description
1939 plain stationery postcard from Leribe to Abidjan, bearing ½d and 1d tied by 2.xii.39 CDS. Marked ‘via England and France’. Bears Freetown transit, and large circular ‘CONTROLE POSTAL/ AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE/ COMMISSION' handstamp, with boxed PASSED BY CENSOR/ 16-12-1939/ GOVERNMENT SECRETARY, BASUTOLAND also n front. Rare




