Bechuanaland Protectorate
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The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became independent as the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966, six year
1960 6d Bechuanaland Protectorate stamp
Stamp Bechuanaland Protectorate 1897 1p
Stamp Bechuanaland Protectorate 1938 6p
Cover Bechuanaland Protectorate 1947 Royal Visit
Seretse Khama
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Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
…independent as the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966, six years after the Bechuanaland Democratic Party was established, under the leadership of Seretse Khama. Scottish missionary John Mackenzie (1835–1899), sponsored by the London Missionary Society (LMS), lived at Shoshong from 1862 to 1876. He warned that…
The first Daimler limousine used by President Sir Seretse Khama
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport near Gaborone, Botswana