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…
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…
>> Stop Press: Closing date to enter for the Cape Town International Stamp Exhibition 2022 is extended to 30 June 2022. 23 May 2022Transvaal Study CircleUNITED KINGDOM Dear President and Member, CAPE TOWN…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…