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…
Author: Tim Harrison
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…
TRANSVAAL Postal Department Staff before and after the South African War by Jeff Woolgar. Book review by Andrew Higson
The book was published 12th October 2021 by the author, in Gravesend, Kent, UK, ISBN none, 128pp with five maps, seventeen tables and circa sixty illustrations in full colour, written in English, A4…
Vrijstaat 2021
The 2021 Philatelic Federation of South Africa national exhibition was held from 21-23 October 2021 at Kopano Nokeng in Bloemfontein. It was hosted by the Orange Free State Philatelic Society in their 120th…
The Machadodorp Postcard: now we have all the family! by Garth Kruger
During an idle morning I walked through the Ditsong Cultural museum in Pretoria. Imagine my surprise when I saw the printing plate of the Machadodorp postcard hiding in plain sight. The print is…
Pretoria 1901 parcel post label – from Danna Strydom
An interesting parcel post item used from Pretoria counter 2 with 4-digit date 14 DEC 1901 to London. The form used is a British & Foreign Parcel Post Customs Declaration one. There appears…