Botswana Government Printed Envelopes

Articles

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Botswana Government Printed Envelopes. (Jul-Oct 2017) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXI, No. 1, Whole No. 89, p.4.

Errata to the article above, Botswana Government Printed Envelopes in Forerunners 89. The reference to Figure 10 in the second last paragraph on page 6 should be to Figure 11.

‘On Botswana Postal Service’ Envelopes. (Nov 2017-Feb 2018) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXI, No. 2, Whole No. 90, p.35.

Bechuanaland Government and Botswana Telegraph Envelopes. (Mar-Jun 2018) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXI, No. 3, Whole No. 91, p.75.

Botswana Government Printed Envelopes: Update. (Nov 2019-Feb 2020) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, Whole No. 96, p.32. This article illustrates additions to the typology of ‘On Botswana Government Service’ (OBGS) envelopes described issue 89 of Forerunners.

Updates to Bechuanaland and Botswana Government and Telegraph Envelopes. (September-December 2021) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, Whole No. 101, p.112-113. This article illustrates further additions and corrections to the typology of ‘On Botswana Government Service’ (OBGS) envelopes described issue 89 and 91 of Forerunners.

Botswana Government Service Envelopes – Update. (September-December 2022) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXV, No. 3, Whole No. 104, p.79. This article is a reprint of information from Forerunners 96 and 101.

A Botswana Economy Label. (May-Aug 2020) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXIII, No. 3, Whole No. 97, p.74.

OHMS Post Office Savings Bank Envelope. (September-December 2021) Forerunners, Journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.  Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, Whole No. 101, p.98.

Presentations

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Information on Botswana Government Printed Envelopes in the video Stamps … Who Needs Them? Lessons Learned on the Development of Typologies and Cataloguing, Collecting the Non-Stamped Postal History of Botswana. (Sep 2019) A presentation at Milcopex 2019.

Video of the Presentation, starting at 19:19

Slide Deck, slides 19 to 24