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2 Pence
| Issuer | Civil Commissioner, Bulawayo / Marshall Hole |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain card stock bearing a centred letterpress text block reading the redemption promise issued by the Civil Commissioner of Bulawayo, with conditions for cash payment upon presentation of the affixed stamp between 1 August and 1 October 1900. An oval official ink stamp of the Administrator's Office, Bulawayo is applied to the lower centre, overlapping a bold manuscript signature above the printed designation "Secretary." The printer's imprint "Chronicle Printing Works, Bulawayo" appears in small letterpress type at the lower left margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER JUSTICE FREEDOM COMMERCE 2 2 SHILLINGS |
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| Comments |
H. Marshall Hole was Civil Commissioner of Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War's aftermath, and these card tokens were issued out of sheer practical necessity — the region had virtually no small-denomination coinage in circulation and the nearest mint was thousands of miles away. Chronicle Printing Works was a local newspaper printer, not a security printer by any measure, which is exactly what these pieces look like.
The official stamp substitutes for any meaningful anti-counterfeiting measure. Given the tiny issuing population and the remote conditions of Bulawayo in 1900, that was probably sufficient.