page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho
section_title: King George V and VI (1935-1949)
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho / King George V and VI (1935-1949)
caption_attribution_description: English: 1963 R1 stamp of Basutoland based on 1954 original design.
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland.
context_section_description: Basutoland participated in the British Commonwealth 1935 Silver Jubilee omnibus issues and the 1937 Coronation omnibus. In 1938 a new definitive series was issued based entirely on the first series of King George V but with the head of George VI instead. This series had eleven stamps.
  In 1945, Victory stamps of South Africa were overprinted Basutoland.
caption: A 1963 stamp of Basutoland.
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