New item in the shop
There is a new item in the shop: The Z.A.R. Registration & Permit Stamps 1893-1899 (revision 5), by Oscar van der Vliet. Some of you will be familiar with this article, and Oscar…
Author: Tim Harrison
Updated: Transvaal Study Circle at Cape Town 2022 International Stamp Exhibition
Notice of meeting The Transvaal Study Circle will be holding a meeting to coincide with the Cape Town 2022 International Stamp Exhibition at the CTICC2. The meeting is not restricted to members only…
Notice of meeting
The Transvaal Study Circle will be holding a meeting to coincide with the Cape Town 2022 International Stamp Exhibition at the CTICC2. The meeting is not restricted to members of the TSC and…
Peter Winter, British Guiana, a Romanian dancer and a Transvaal forgery; by Garth Kruger
As a philatelic forger Dr. Peter-Heinz Albert Winter (1941-2018) is likely not well known to most dedicated Transvaal collectors. Matthews1 makes no mention of him in “Transvaal Philately” and Winter does not appear…
Obituary: John Kaupe FRPSL, 1928-2022
Members will be sorry to hear that John died on 15th May at the age of 94. He was a long-term member of the Transvaal Study Circle and will be particularly remembered by…
Dr. Chris Board inducted onto Roll of Honour as RDPSA
Prior to the start of Study Circle business at our AGM on 23rd February, Neil Cronje, Chair of the Management Committee of the PFSA took the opportunity enter Dr. Chris Board onto the…
Beware modern day postal history forgeries by Danna Strydom and Tim Bartshe
We both recently acquired identical covers, except for the stamp. Tim bought his on eBay back in May 2021 and I bought mine on Delcampe in July 2021 from Mr Aulicino Steno (trading…
It this the printing press on which the Machadodorp card was printed? by Garth Kruger
I finally got around to the printing press at Ditsong. Here are two images: one from the museum (bad lighting, sorry) and one from Jonkers and Groenewald. The two show remarkable similarities. Judging…
A dangerous “V. R. TRANSVAAL.” on 1 Shilling forgery by Lars Jørgensen
Recently a Transvaal 1 Shilling with the ‘all capitals’ overprint ‘V. R. / TRANSVAAL.’ was offered on eBay with bidding starting at 99p. The stamp caught my interest for the following reasons, apart…
Wars, revenue stamps, Stellaland and C.G. Dennison by Garth Kruger
In my small collection of Stellaland revenue stamps I have two 6d revenues cancelled with the signature of CG Dennison. The signature is not illustrated in the Trotter and Midwood book17. Charles George…