BASUTOLAND (Lesotho)

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1933 King George V with river landscape and crocodile

  1/2 p green
  1 p red
  2 p lilac
  3 p blue
  4 p grey
  6 p orange
  1 Sh orange
  2 Sh 6 p brown
  5 Sh violet
  10 Sh green
  1 Pound black

Some official stamps with overprint 'OFICIAL' exist of the values 1/2 p, 1 p, 2 p and 6 p. They were issued on 24 Mai 1934 and withdrawn on 25 June 1934. Used stamps are very rare.

The 1 Pound black is actually a fiscal stamp, it has inscription 'REVENUE REVENUE'.

1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, inscription '1910-1935'

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A 1 p red and blue, 2 p grey and blue, 3 p blue and brown and 6 p lilac and black were issued in a design identical to many other British colonies (Windsor castle).

1937 Inscription '12th MAY 1937' portrait of King and Queen

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The values 1 p red, 2 p violet and 3 p blue were issued (design identical to that of many other British colonies).

1938 As 1933 issue, but with portrait of King George VI

  1/2 p green
  1 p red
  1 1/2 p blue
  2 p lilac
  3 p blue
  4 p grey
  6 p yellow
  1 Sh orange
  2 Sh 6 p brown
  5 Sh violet
  10 Sh green

1945 Victory issue, stamps of South Africa, overprinted 'Basutoland'

  1 p lilac and brown (soldier with flag)
  2 p violet and blue (ploughing, agriculture)
  3 p blue (man and woman looking at star)

The overprint exists on both 'SUID AFRIKA' and 'SOUTH AFRICA' stamps.

Basic pair of 1 p stamps of South Africa and similar 2 p stamp of South Africa with overprint 'Swaziland'

1947 Royal visit, various designs

1 p red, 2 p green, 3 p blue, 1 Sh lilac.

1948 Royal Silver wedding, identical to sets issued in many other British colonies, inscription '1923-1948', image of King and Queen

1 1/2 p blue (smaller size) and 10 Sh grey.

1949 UPU issue (design similar to many other British colonies)

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  1 1/2 p blue
  3 p blue
  6 p orange
  1 Sh brown

1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, inscription 'CORONATION JUNE 1953', design identical to many other British colonies

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  2 p lilac and black 

1954 Queen Elizabeth II facing the left, various designs

  1/2 p brown and black (Qiloane)
  1 p green and black (Orange River)
  2 p orange and blue (Mosuto horseman)
  3 p red and green (Basuto household)
  4 1/2 p blue and black (Maletsunyane Falls)
  6 p green and brown (herd boy with lesiba)
  1 Sh violet and green (pastoral scene)
  1 Sh 3 p blue and brown (Lancers's Gap)
  2 Sh 6 p lilac and blue (old fort Leribe)
  5 Sh lilac and black (mission cave house)
  10 Sh lilac and black (Mohair)

Surcharged 
  '1/2 d.' on 2 p orange and blue (1959)

Surcharged in 'Cents': 
  1/2 c on 1/2 p
  1 c on 1 p
  2 c on 2 p
  2 1/2 c on 3 p
  3 c on 4 1/2 p
  5 c on 6 p
  10 c on 1 Sh
  12 1/2 c on 1 Sh 3 p
  25 c on 2 Sh 6 p
  50 c on 5 Sh
  1 R on 10 Sh 

Re-issued in 'Cents' and 'Rupees': 
  1/2 c
  1 c
  2 c
  2 1/2 c red and green (Basuto household)
  3 1/2 c
  5 c
  10 c
  12 1/2 c
  25 c
  50 c
  1 R

I've seen the 2 1/2 c and 10 c with overprint 'LESOTHO'.

1959

3 p green and black, 1 Sh green and red, 1 Sh 3 p orange and blue

1963 Freedom from hunger

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  12 1/2 c violet

1963 Red Cross issue

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  2 1/2 c black and red
  12 1/2 c blue and red

Postage Due Stamps

1933 Inscription 'BASUTOLAND POSTAGE DUE'

1 p red, 2 p lilac.

Fiscal Stamps

Fiscal stamps were issued in Basutoland well before postage stamps. If anybody has images of these stamps, please contact me!

1900 'Basutoland' on Cape of Good Hope stamps (handstamped)

1901 'BASUTOLAND' on Cape of Good Hope (Queen Victoria)

1901 'BASUTOLAND' on fiscal stamps of Cape of Good Hope (Hope Standing)

1902 King Edward VII revenue stamps of Cape of Good Hope, overprinted with 'BASUTOLAND'

1 p, 6 p, 1 Sh and 1 Pound.

1910 'BASUTOLAND' on Orange River Colony stamps

6 Sh

1910 'BASUTOLAND' on King George V fiscal stamps of South Africa

1922 'Basutoland Revenue Only' on fiscal stamps of South Africa

'Basutoland Revenue Only' in three lines: 1 p, 6 p
'Basutoland Revenue Only' in two lines (1926): 2 Sh, 1 Pound, 5 Pound.

1930 South Africa ship type overprinted in three lines 'Basutoland Revenue Only'

1 p red and black.

1933 King George V type as postage stamps of Basutoland

1 Pound black (inscription 'REVENUE REVENUE'

1940 King George VI, fiscal stamps of South Africa, overprinted 'BASUTOLAND'

5 Pound orange.

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