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Matabeleland revenue used for postage (The Tati Concessions)
Matabeleland revenue used for postage The Tati Concessions Location of the Tati Concessions: http://tinyurl.com/28yky TATI was a district of British South Africa forming, geographically, the S.W. corner of Matabeleland, but attached administratively to the Bechuanaland Protectorate. Area about 2500 sq. mi. The railway from Cape Town to Bulawayo crosses the territory with a station at Francistown, the principal settlement. Francistown stands 3254 ft. above the sea and is 126 mi. S.W. of Bulawayo by rail. The town of Tati, on. the river of that name, iS 18 mi. S.E. of the Shashi river railway station. Tati owes its importance to the presence of gold, first discovered by the German traveller, Karl Mauch, in 1864. Mining began in 1868, but it was not until 1895 that work on a large scale was undertaken, and it has been frequently interrupted since that date. The chief mine is the Monarch, situated by the railway. A concession to work the gold-mines, and for other purposes, was obtained in 1887 by Mr S. H. Edwards from Lobengula, the Matabele chief, and the mining rights are vested in a company, thereafter formed, called the Tati Concessions Company. The stamps http://www.rhodesia.co.za/ab422.jpg The scan shows a Tati Company stationery envelope with 'Tati Concessions, Ltd. / Tati Matabeleland' printed on the flap. It is bearing a 1/- Tati Concessions private revenue stamp. B&H #1. (1895-97) used postally, tied TATI / MATABELELAND single circle date stamp with date partially visible. Addressed to Johannesburg with part of the name excised, it is extremely rare, being one of only two known covers bearing this issue. The other cover is with the address panel restored. There were 6 stamps in this series with denominations from 1/- to £5. (B&H #1-6) http://www.rhodesia.co.za/cb1425.jpg http://www.rhodesia.co.za/cb1426.jpg A mint set of six blocks of four recently sold for £1000. Used copy of 1/- B&H #1 with rare RED cancel. http://www.rhodesia.co.za/ab559.jpg PROOF of the 2/6 B&H #2 (De La Rue archives) stamped "cancelled" http://www.rhodesia.co.za/cb1423.jpg Used copy of 5/- B&H #3 http://www.rhodesia.co.za/ab560.jpg Used copy of 10/- B&H #4 http://www.rhodesia.co.za/ab421.jpg Used copies of £1 (B&H #5) and 10/- (B&H #4) http://www.rhodesia.co.za/ab561.jpg Blair -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:09:45 -0500, TC wrote:
Matabeleland revenue used for postage Not too uncommon back in those days, all over the world... Personally have seen enough of them. The Tati Concessions Location of the Tati Concessions: http://tinyurl.com/28yky snip of good stuff The Tati revenue stamps, to me, are some of the -coolest- revenue stamps out there (next to my Austro-Hungary, of course). [ Always partial to those African critters... ] Tracy Barber |
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