The Southern Stamp Co.,
E. L. RADEMEYER
Box 15, Frankfort, O.F.S.
(Thanks for good wishes, we shall certainly do everything to maintain as high a standard as possible. At an early date we shall include an article on "How best to aaange a specialised collection." Regardiniz the inter- changeabilty of stamps when Union was formed, these could be included un~er Union as provisionals. Write to Mr. Chas. Hand, P.O. Box 1018, Pretoria, who has a magnificent collection of these.-'-Ed:)
Quite recently a registered letter was sent from Mauritius to a firm in London by the A.D.C. to H.E. The Governor, the envelope bearing a stamp of the Britannia type of Mauritius. The clerk who -was jpstru.ct.ed t-0 desp11,tch the letter called the attention oJ a philat.elist to what· ap.ared· to him a " Blue Mauritus," and enquired its value. The philatelist,, on examining- the stamp, found it to be one which was prepared for use but not issued, Gibbons No. 40. On being fold that the stamp was worth a humble
"tanner" only, the clerk who had visions of a fortune by commandeering quietly faded away with a broken heart!
P?ease be sure to •always mention the " S, A, 'Philatelist " when replying
toadvertisers -it helps them, and it helps us.
The Editor will be pleased to receive new errors and Varieties ·of Unions, for his personal collection.
Please state . price wanted, and address letters to G. W. ,REYNOLDS. Box 6363, Johannesburg.
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VOL. I. June 1st, 1923. No. 5
TOPICS OF THE MONTH.
To those readers who received imperfect copies last issue, we offer an apology and an explanation. Unfortunately, while the " Philatelist " was in the pn'ss, our printers' machine br-oke down, and rather than de-lay the issue, the work was given to another printer to finish. This person used common jobbing ink instead of high-class magazine ink, and likewise took little trouble to turn out a good job. This unavoidable occurrence, is re- gretted, while readers are assured it will not occur again'.
In this issue will be found a further instalment on Rhodesia by Mr.
Coch, which reminds us that in his first article, appearing in the April issue, a m'stake a.ppeared. The first issue of Rhodesia was erroneously given i,,s
HJ22, instead of, of course, 1890. We hope Mr. Coch has not had his leg pulled unduly, although we believe a few readers have advised him to "take a litCe more water with it."
We take this opportunity of congratulating Mr. C. W. Reid on being elected President of the Johannesburg Society. Mr. Reid is a busness man of ahility, apart from be'ng a keen and experienced philatelist, and we feel sure that under his able guidance the Society will put up fresh records tJ:.iis year.
In Mr. Mark Rose, the Society is fortunate in having a keen and enthu- siast'c Secretary, while we are all pleased to see Mr. Coch and other new b:ood on the Committee.
Subscribers will notice that this and the previous issue ha11 been posted flat in an envelope. This improvement has been effected in order that, copies will rearh subscribers in a clean state, w1'AUe not being
crea~~
willimpro-vlt
matt€7rs for binding 'as ea.oh volume it CQillpleted,
58 THE SOU'TH AFRICAN PHitATETJST.
We have received letters from various subscribers requesting an article on the host way to mount a specialised collection, with the l:nion of South Afrif'a as the country to be dealt with. Such an article is in the course of preparation, and will be publislwd a few issues hence.
Another item of interest to Sonth African collectors is the cancellation appearing on high value Unions. There is no doubt that the vast maiority of high-value Unions have been telegraphically used: which many collel'tors include in their collections as postally used specimens. This also is rereiv- ing our attention, and an article on this subject will make its appearance in the near future.
Sinre our first issue, five months ago, great strides have lw<"n madP.
Subscriptions have come in wornlerfully well, while advertisers, locally and overseas. have lirlped a great deal Thi,re are many rPaders who trike advan- tage of the lrnrzains advertised in the" Philatel;st." bnt dq not alway,; nlf'n- ti,m the '· Philateli-t "when replying to advertisers. An advertiser is alwnvs very plensed to learn that his new business is the result of an advertisement in thP "Philatelist." and that. helps us a grnr1t defll. Therefore, please be sure and always mention this journal when replying to advertisements.
Another point. This journal is conducted bv a Philr1telist for the benefit of Philatelists, prinC'ipally in South Afr;ca, and we feel sure that coll"ectors are giving it as much support as possible. Now the point is. there are times when you want a pr1rticnlar starnp-whv not r1dv€rtise for it in the " Phila- telist"? You no donbt have stamps voi1 want to disnosP of-whv not adver- tise them in the" Philntelist "9 Tlie cost of a small r1dvertisernent is only a few s11illirnrn. while yon are h011nil to get n good rPh1rn. 'fllPrPfore. yon will be lwlninz ns nnd doing yourself a aood turn by a,lvertising vom· wants,
etc., in this journal. "' ·
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British Colonials.
I have a very large stock of British Colonials.
particularly Africans, in exceptional condition - every c0py is " picked " and can be described either "very fine" or "superb."
For many years I have specialised in sending out approval selections, in fact I do nothing else.
My prices are reasonable. The whole of my stock is priced on the following basis :-Stamps catalogued 5/- and below at ONE THIRD GIBkONS. Stamps catalogued above 30/- at HALF GIBBONS. Stamps, cat. 6,- to 30/- at proprHtionate rates.
I can also send interesting selections of Por- tuguese, German, French and Spanish Africans.
SEND ME YOUR WANT-LIST.
F. B. TURPIN,
161. RTRAND.LO~DUX, \\'.C, '2.
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SOTJTH AFRICANPHTtA TELTS'l'.
RHODESIA.
By J. E. M, COCH.
(Continued from Page 37), CHAPTER II.
FIRST PROVISION" AL ISSUE. March 18!11.
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From the time of the granting of the Charter to the British 8011th Africa Company in October, 1889, pioneers from the Cape, Transvaal, and Orange Free State continued settling in this new country; and particularly after the pioneer force had established itself in Mashonaland in September. 1890, numerous parties arrived by which the white population was considerably
augmented. ·
This increased population demanded and were granted lower postal rates.
The letter rate of postage to the United Kingdom and the South African Colonies was reduced from Gd. to 4d. This created a need for stamps of new valnes. and to meet immediate requirements. Messrs. Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co. were instructed to surcharge certain stamps of the current issue for provisional use.
For the !d., 2d., and 4d., surcharge, the 6d., ultramarine was used (a large stock of this stamp being on hand at the London Offices of the B.S.A.
Company at the time; which also accounts for the comparative scarcity of the Gd., nltramarine without surcharge). The ls .. brown was used for the Rd .. surcharge. The snrcharge, which is applied to the lower part of the stamp, consists of a large numeral of value, and the letter "d " followed by a square period, a.s shown in the following illustrations:
The following is a synopsis of this issue:
Date of issue-March, 1891.
New values surcharged in black on stamps of 1890 issue, by Mes1r1. Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co.
1. ½d., black surcharge, on 6d., ultramarine.
2. 2d., black snrcharge, on 6d., ultramarine.
:l. 4d .. black surcharge, on 6d., ultramarine.
4. 8d., black surcharge, on ls., brown.
In the Royal Philatelic Society's publication on Afric11, the following measurements of the surcharge are given:
" The numerals and letter ' d ' on the three highest value~ are 9½ m.m.
in height and the 'd ' is 3 mm. widP. The two numerals on the Halfpenn7
;ur ench 5l min , in height, r1n<l the letter 'ct ' nwasmefi
~ by1 mm:·
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(Further particulars of these surcharges are expected, and will be pub- l'shed later.- Ed.)
No varieties of the surch:uge, to my knowledge, have so far been chronicled.
Good postally used stamps of these provisionals are very scarce.