A dangerous wide roulette forgery by Danna Strydom
This is a dangerous forgery that could easily fool one at first glance. Wide roulette stamps of the 1st ZAR and 1st British Occupation are rare, and collectors may not have well-formed mental…
Author: Tim Harrison
Clash of Empires. Zulu War exhibition at The Royal Philatelic Society, London
As highlighted in the March edition of The Transvaal Philatelist, there is an exhibition and symposium on the Zulu War coming up at The Royal Philatelic Society of London. Tickets for the Symposium…
56th Annual General Meeting of The Transvaal Study Circle
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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…
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…