Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana explained

Botswana has produced postage stamps for national use since becoming independent on 30 September 1966. The country formerly used the stamps of the Bechuanaland Protectorate. The first independence issue of 1966 included depictions of an abattoir in Lobatse, Botswana National Airways and the State House in Gaborone.^[1]

Philatelic Museum

Botswana Post have established a small philatelic museum in their headquarters in Gaborone.^[2]

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of Bechuanaland Protectorate

External links

• Catalogue of Botswana meter marks.
• Philately at Botswana Post.
• Botswana stamps

Notes and References

1. Book: Stamps of the World. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. 390.
2. http://www.sundaystandard.info/article.php?NewsID=2007&GroupID=2 Botswana’s “second” museum to stamp its authority