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VOL. I. July 1st, 1923. No. 6,
TOPICS OF THE MONTH.
The Great Stamp Exhibition.
The great Exhibition opened in London last month, and it is our only regret that we could not be present.. An Exhibi1tion on this scale needs to be actually seen for i•ts full a,ttractions to be realised. Apart, from the frames of rarities, etc., exhibited, t.he one particular thing which will be heavily patronised is undoubtedly the ModeJ Stamp F_a,cto!Y· Here_ can be seen, in every detail, the processes, of st.amp production m operat10n " while you wait," and half-a.n-hour spent in that p_art of the Exhibition would clear up more Philatelic puzzle,s than any handbook published.
The May issue of " Gibbons Monthly Circular " a.rrived too late for men- tion in our June number. This excellent publication contains art.icles on
the 1914 Siam overprints, Fiji Local Postage Dues, and a host of other stamp news. Under " Stamp News in Brief," we not,i,ce that the Cigarett,e Tax Labels incident, is quoted, due acknowledgment of course being given to the .. S.A. Phila.t.elist "-" an atitr,ict-ive and informat.ive journal, which should be read regularly by every Philatelist. interested in the stamps of South Africa, old or new." It is very grat,ifying to find we have been so kindly .. noticed," and coming from such a quarter we feel all the mo-re flatt.ered.
One of these fine days we hope t,o attain tha.t, high standard of excellence which cha,ra.cterises the monthly publicatfon of the world's foremost firm of -stamp dealers.
Incident.ally, each is.sue of the " Monthlv Ci.r('ula,r " contains a cata- logue supplement,. Readers o.f that journal, therefore. have no necessity to
wait. for a new edition of the Catalogue to see what will, or what will not, hfl
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Rhodesian Society to be revived.
There has been much talk in Bulawayo recently witi1 a view to resusci- tating a Philatelic Society. The .Philatelic Society of Rhodesia wa.s in exis- tence many years ago, while under its auspices the " Rhodesian Philatelist "
was published a~ Bula.wayo. No. 1 of that journal was published in July~
1912, and was e~1ted by Mr. C. C. Woollacot.t. O:wing to the war, the Soci~y cea_sed t_o fu~cfaon, b~t- at the moment Rhodes1_a posseijsed many enthusi- astic philat,ehsts. It 1s to he hoped that Rhodesian collectors will push for- ward the Society as hard as possible. As s-oon as this is an accomplished fac't, the Society could do much worse than take up the maMer of the new provisional surcharge, while every assistance will be · extended bv this.
journal. · · · · ·
New Union design.
Mr. C. P. Immelman, who was the winner of a prize for his 6d. <lesi"u in.
the c?mpetition. hel?, in 1911, has kind_l)'. forwarded us _a. set, of the de~igns.
submitted by 1nm m the last competit10n held by the· Government. The designs are beautifully executed, and it i,s surprising to find that he was not successful in securing an award. In this connection it will be rememb.,,.ed that oi10 prize was secured by Mr. Johnstone, of Bloemfont,ein, while other prizes went to oversea,s firms. Mr. Jolmstone's design is beautifully exe- cuted. At the top of the stamp appears the Union Buildings, immediately underneath which is found the Union Coa.t-of-Arms, with " Postage " at the left and " Revenue" at the right. At the foot of the Coat-of-Arms the words
" South Africa" appear in a curved label, while in a.n ornamental panel at the bottom a view of Table Mountain and Harbour appea,rs. This design is.
illustrated elsewhere in this issue.
P. S. N. to the fore.
The Philatelic Society of Natal is to be heart.ily congratulated on its, enterprise in arranging an exhibit at the forthcoming Agricultural Sho-w to be held in Durban, July 3rd-6th. The main object of the display is to in- tere,st the younger generation in philately, and for this reason it is not pro- po.sed to lay out pages from a highly specialised collection, but rather to show what can be done in philatelic " Zoos," stamp collec;tors' atlases, his- tory etc. It is intended to fihow tha,t the complete historY._ of the Grea,t War- was 'told in ·stamp issues, also illustrate with st.amps the scient<ific progres,s of the last eighty years, trace development of flying, etc. English dealers and publishers have been asked to co-opera.te by sending sample a-lbums, etc .. while there will be a good lot of accessories on view. This should un- douht,edly add many recruits to our ranks, but while the main aim is to-
" catch 'em young," there is no doubt tha,t a number of collectors of maturer yearsw110 may perhaps have dropped the_ hobby of late, will start agai~
seriously.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found advertisements of the Southern St.amp Company, Durban. Mr. C. F. Skinner is always anxious to meet collectors vis'iting Durban for a chat. with business as a second con- sideration.
During the Durba.n Show; Mr. Skinner will be plea13ed to see any col- ledor at. the Natal Society's St.a.11, Home Industries Bldgs., Show Grounds, and will be ''.. At Home" during the evenings of the 5th, 6th, and 7th July
at his residence, 51 Linden Road, Berea. ·
From our own experience, philatelists can rest assured that Mr. Skinner has a very fine stock of s•tamps, albums, accessories, etc., at very reasonable prices.
Mr. Lichtensteins advt. in the last issue should have read" one PANE in stock"-not one pair) of 1/-inverted wmk) as stated
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PHILATELIST.
RHODESIA.
By J. E. M. COCH.
(Continued from Page 61), CHAPTER IV.
NEW ISSUE OF 2d. AND 4d. VALUES, 1895.
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This was a t,emporary issue, required to replenish the stocks of the 2d.
and 4d. values, wluch were becoming exhausted. preparatory to t,he issumg of an entirely new series in the -fo1lowmg year.
These st.amps were prmted by Messrs . .l:'erkins, Bacon and Co., who re- ceived the pla,tes from 1\lessrs . .tiradbury, Vvilk1nson and Co., and prmted the 2d. and 4d. values in much lighter colours 011 thick soft wove paper.
These stamps measure fully 1 nm1. more in height, and the lines of the back- ground appear to be heavier and clearer than in the precedmg issue. Either new plates had been prepared, or it is due to the Perkins, Bacon paper (soft;
not being so susceptible to shrinkage after printing, as that (hard paper) used by Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co. If new plat-ea were prepared one would not expect to find the same vari-ety of dot on tail repeated " in toto ".
in this issue. The sioft wove paper would also show up the design more clearly. (Perhaps some reader could explain.)
Some of the stamps of this issue are to be found with the last letter of the word PENCE damaged, making it appear like the let.t.er " F " with a stop. There are also minor varieties of malformed letters, in the words of value.
The following is a synopsis of the varieties together with the date of issue:
Type identical with previous issue.
Printed by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon a.nd Co.
Perf. 12½ by single hne machines.
Thick soft wove paper. Gum, white. No watermark.
Date of issue, April, 1895. Value in second colour.
I. 2d., green and red.
(a) green and vermilion.
(b) vari-ety "PENCF."
2. 4d., yellow-brown and black.
(a) yellow-brown .and blue-blii,.ck.
(b) variety "PENCF." -
Although the 4d. IMPERFORATE has been repeatedly chronicled and catalogued, I have been unable to t,race its origin, or obtain any :t,uthentic
information about it. ·
Both values of this. issue are found imperfora.te, with wordi of value omitted-these are .proofs.