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postage stamp on the obverse, and an official handstamped signature on the reverse, and these cards circulated as emergency currency between 1 August 1900 and their withdrawal on 1 October 1900. Smith (1967: p332) says "£20,000's worth of stamps were used, and when circulation ceased... it was found
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Administration and compensated Mr Hole for the ridicule the experiment provoked when he first proposed it."
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pioneer, administrator and author and best known for issuing the "Marshall Hole currency".
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Marshall Hole retired from
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Guide to the
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Hugh
Marshall Hole and his Matabeleland Stamp Currency Cards of 1900:
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History - Its Stamps, Posts & Telegraphs
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currency issued by authority of Lt. Col. Hugh
Marshall Hole.
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