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A new curiosity
A slightly curious item, these also exist so i'm told for Matabeleland. Were
the BSAC thinking of issuing stamps for these territories. http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/Mahonaland.jpg Alan |
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I thought Matabeleland belonged to the native,
before Mr. Rhodes decided to visit with the new invention of the time, the highly secret machine gun, and created havoc against those with spears and hide shields. (Remove gum to reply) "Alan Payne" Hiram P wrote in message ... | A slightly curious item, these also exist so i'm told for Matabeleland. Were | the BSAC thinking of issuing stamps for these territories. | | | http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/Mahonaland.jpg | | Alan | | |
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"Rodney" wrote in message ... I thought Matabeleland belonged to the native, before Mr. Rhodes decided to visit with the new invention of the time, the highly secret machine gun, and created havoc against those with spears and hide shields. (Remove gum to reply) "Alan Payne" Hiram P wrote in message ... | A slightly curious item, these also exist so i'm told for Matabeleland. Were | the BSAC thinking of issuing stamps for these territories. | | | http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/Mahonaland.jpg | | Alan Hi Rodney, Yep, it did belong to the Matabele, but BSAC had tricked the Matabele King into basically surrendering his territory to them. Alan |
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| Hi Rodney,
| | Yep, it did belong to the Matabele, but BSAC had tricked the Matabele King | into basically | surrendering his territory to them. | Alan Hi Alan, Yes, that's how I understood it. It was signed by the illiterate King, during an envoy from the murderous cut-throat Rhodes, after his desire to secure land for his cross-continent rail link and his gold interests. |
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