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…
Philately in most of its forms has suffered nearly a year of the effects of the pandemic, but the Transvaal Study Circle has also been affected by changes in the composition of the…
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…
Following the protracted war between the two republics and the British Empire, first military then civil administration of the postal system in Transvaal colony was modelled on British practice in which English took…