This post is a little off-topic; one of the stamps is a Colonial era 3d Transvaal postage due but the other is a 6d Union postage due. Both have been used in 1916…
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Chris Cordes has provided this cover The visit by the British Association for the Advancement of Science included a period in Johannesburg between 28th August and 1st September 1905. Postal facilities were set…
Here is a cover from Johan Bezuidenhout. Schoemansrust post office is being recorded in Put as open from 1890-1898. While Put did not record a postmark, there is one in Alex Vissers’ addendum…
This article first appeared as three parts in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, January 2020 (pages 46-49), February (pages 76-79) and March (pages 50-53). A few typographic errors have been corrected by the Editor (Transvaal…
Throughout the history of the two Republics and their occupations, postage stamps have been used for revenue purposes. However, a large number of specific revenue stamps and marks are known. Revenue marks are…
Three smaller postal administrations are described here, all of which have connections to ZAR. Stellaland, founded by ZAR burghers; Swaziland, whose postal administration was run by ZAR, and Pietersburg, which operated at the…
The introduction of postal stationery by the Second Republic matched the boom for postal services, the expansion of the railways and the development of a robust postal system. Briefkaarten (postal stationery cards) were…
The finances of the ZAR were always shaky. An ill-judged military campaign by President Thomas Burgers in 1876 against Sekhukhune left the country effectively bankrupt, giving the British an excuse to annexe the…