Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966.
Image: 1960 6d Bechuanaland Protectorate stamp
Image: Stamp Bechuanaland Protectorate 1897 1p
Image: Stamp Bechuanaland Protectorate 1938 6p
Image: Cover Bechuanaland Protectorate 1947 Royal Visit
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected by the Kazungula Bridge to Zambia, across the world's 2nd shortest border between two countries.
The 'Two Rhino' painting at Tsodilo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Domboshaba Ruins Stone Wall (top) and clay pottery plate (bottom)
Sechele I who led a Batswana Merafe Coalition against Boers in 1852
3 Dikgosi Monument: Khama III, Sebele I & Bathoen I who negotiated a Protectorate