Basutoland Stamps
1937
Basutoland was a British Crown colony in South Africa established in 1884 due to the Cape Colony's inability to control the territory. It was divided into seven administrative districts: Berea, Leribe, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mafeteng, Qacha's Nek and Quthing. The colony was brought under direct authority of Queen Victoria, via the High Commissioner, and run by an Executive Council presided over by a series of British Resident Commissioners.
Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon its independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966.
1937
SG 15 to 17
Coronation
Issued: 12th May 1937. Designed by Edmund Dulac and printed by the Del La Rue company perf 14.
The coronation of George VI and his wife Elizabeth as king and queen of Great Britain and its Dependencies took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 12th May 1937.
