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An Orange River Colony £1 revenue stamp issued in 1903. Before South Africa was united in 1910, each part of South African issued their own stamps. These were: British Bechuanaland (1886-1887) Cape of Good Hope (1864-1910) Griqualand West (1877-1879) Natal (c.1855-1910) New Republic (1886) Orange Free State (1856-1892) Orange River Colony ...
1937 stamps of South Africa. The first stamp of the Union of South Africa was a 2 1 ⁄ 2 d stamp issued on 4 November 1910. [2] [3] It portrayed the Monarch King George V and the arms of the four British colonies which formed the Union: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal. Most South African stamps issued between 1926 and ...
Between 1869 and 1895, postage stamps of 1859–1867 and fiscal stamps were overprinted 'POSTAGE' in various styles or additionally surcharged 'Half-Penny'. Stamps of King Edward VII were issued between 1902 and 1909. Six official stamps of King Edward were also issued. In 1910 Natal combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South ...
Here, sailors exchanged packets of letters left under postal stones. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cape of Good Hope . Postal stone (1632) The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, led by the explorer Bartolomeu Dias. Table Bay, for over one hundred years known as Saldanha ...
Low value definitives, 1873–80 (coloured corner letters) Low value definitives, halfpenny to 5d 1880–81. Penny Lilac 1881, the most issued Victorian stamp. High value definitives, 2/6 to £1 1883–84. Lilac and Green low value definitives 1883. Jubilee issue postage stamps 1887–92.
Singapore, 1948-c.1990 - Revenue stamps of Singapore; Somalia, 1943-1990s; South Africa, 1913-2009 - Revenue stamps of South Africa; South African Republic, 1875-c.1878 and 1886 - Revenue stamps of Transvaal; South West Africa, 1923-1970 - Revenue stamps of South Africa; Southern Rhodesia, 1924-1954 - Revenue stamps of Rhodesia
Postage stamps and postal history of Griqualand West. An 1874 stamp of Cape of Good Hope, surcharged by the local postmaster for use in Griqualand West. A one penny 1879 revenue stamp of Griqualand West. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Griqualand West, a former British colony that is now part of South Africa.
Province of South Africa (1913-c.1950) In 1913, colonial revenue issues were overprinted PENALTY to pay for the fee for late payment of duties. These were replaced by South African penalty stamps later that year. Around 1940, a design featuring the South African coat of arms was issued to pay entertainment tax on theatre on concert tickets ...