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Botswana First Day Cover

Item date(s): 08 Sept, 1980

Walter Whall Battiss  (1906-1982)


Size: 12.5 x 9cm
Technique: Lithograph on paper with postage stamps affixed thereto
Inscription: Unsigned

Type: Graphic

ART 0944

Additional notes:
Illustrated in "Walter Battiss -"I Invented Myself"" by Warren Siebrits, a catalogue for an exhibition, 2011 as Item #32.

Battiss was commissioned by the Botswanan Postal Service to paint four paintings that would illustrate Botswana folk tales. These four paintings were then reproduced on four of their stamps.

Ref: GB/50015



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