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2 unusual facts about Tati Concessions Land


History of Botswana

The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of the Matabele kingdom, was administered from the Bechuanaland Protectorate after 1893, to which it was formally annexed in 1911.

Revenue stamps of Bechuanaland

In 1896 revenue stamps were issued for use in the Tati Concessions Land.


Lobengula

Lobengula had granted Sir John Swinburne the right to search for gold and other minerals on a tract of land in the extreme south-west of Matabeleland along the Tati River between the Shashe and Ramaquabane rivers in about 1870, in what became known as the Tati Concession.


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