Hawkes, of the Bijou Stamp Company, for viewing a block of six l½d., with plate no. The use of these labels for this purpose at the Fordsburg Post Office was due to a misunderstanding on the part of the postmaster."
Pretoria Philatelic Society
It would be very difficult to beat these collections in any part of the world, and both exhibitors were well thanked by those present for the treatment they received. A very enjoyable evening ended with the usual vote of 1. thank you Chairman.
JAR.VIS & Hlu'TON,
We deal in Colonials and the better class Foreign stamps, but not in Neurope
The usual raffles and auctions concluded one of the most successful evenings in the annals of the Association. Towards the end of the meeting also a new auction method (at least for Pretoria): {place.
East London Philatelic Society
The Pretoria Philatelic Society held its usual fortnightly meeting on Monday, January 15, and despite the bad weather a good attendance resulted. The hand was down for a paper, which possibly accounted for the good attendance, but unfortunately his "hinges were muted". In other words, he was bedridden with an attack of gout.
Port Elizabeth Philatelic Society
Northern Nigeria £25
British Central Africa
Transvaal
Stanley Gibbons Priced Catalogue of the British Empire, 1923
1923 PRICE LIST
BRITISH COLONIAL STAMPS
BRIDGER KAY, LTD.,
15, JEPPE ARCADE, ~
IIO, COMMISSIONER STREET, ~
India has been much proved while the list of Indian Native States has been added. In terms of Australians, Tasmania has been thoroughly revised and rewritten, while the middle numbers of Victoria have also received attention.
The Postage Stamps of France
The various "Admirals" dies and perforations are now very accurately listed and priced. Malta has so far been rewritten as far as Type 1 stamps are concerned, while the Nova Scotia "cent" issue has been revised.
THE SOUTHERN STAMP COMPANY, Durban,
O. Box 1677
MALTA
ZULULAND
The Postage Stamps of Soviet Russia
Catalogue Historique et descriptive des Timbres
The Secret of the J.P. S
LATE NEWS
Union of South Africa,
Correspondence
YVERT & TELLIER'S
1923 Catalogue
TOPICS OF THE MONTH
South West African Issue
London International Stamp Exhibition
I NEW ISSUES AND VARIETIES, I
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
½d. Plale 5, Error of Perforation
Cigarette Tax Labels Used as Postage Dues
Cigarette Tax and Postage Due Stamps
Apparently the form used to overprint the bottom right side of the sheet was also used to overprint the postage. The first edition consists of the overprint ASCENSION in heavy sans-serif capital letters on top of the old stamps of St.
Notes on Early T ransvaals
1, it will be seen that the eagle's beak is small; in any forgery it is large, and looks more I a snout, as in No. Evidence of the intention for the shiE'lcl to be double lined can be seen on the left.
East Africa and Uganda
Erro1 s and Varieties of the 4c. Provisionals, 1919
TOP Display of the top left corner of the sheet with the 'Surcharge omitted-in combination with.
Specialist in Colonial lmperforates and Triangulars
Cape I
Early British Colonials
PLEASE MENTION THE S.A. PHILATELIST WHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISERS
After the usual preliminary business of the society was over, the remainder of the evening was devoted to the work of Jo Mr. Coch and the Rhodesia exhibit. Characteristic of the evening was the very beautiful display of Union stamps by Mr.
Annual Dinner
Reynolds~ also spoke and in the course of his remarks pointed out the aims and ambitions of the " S.A. The usual monthly meeting of the Society was h·2ld on the lf\th P.eh1na!·y.
Rare Stamps- How to recognise them
RHODESIA
CHAPTER I
I STANLEY GIBBONS LTD., 391, STRAND, LONDON, ENGLAND
The issue is composed of eleven values, in single colors, of vnryi11g shades, as follows:. ld., grey-black on thin grey-white paper. A variation worth noting in this issue is the existence of a small dot in the center of the tail of the left-handed animal that supports the coat of arms.
Postage Dues
There is no doubt that they are genuine and were used in the early days when postage rates were high. It has been a long time since copies of the 1/- were found with the reverse watermark, but recently a few more have come to light and could be obtained from one or two post offices along the Reef, including Benoni, Florida, Belgravia and Hillbrow.
South West Africa
Inverted Overprints
Rhodesia
Congo Beige
Classihing the Different Printings
There is every possibility that the South African branch will in time equal the English branch, which never circulates less than £400 every month. Further details and rules of the proposed South African Branch will be willingly supplied by J\fr.
Johannesburg United Philatelic Society
43 Major Booth read a very interesting paper. Reynolds will bring his syndicate collection, members can look forward to a great show.
Philatelic Society of Natal
H. RIVERS
Sir,-I have some 10/- Union stamps, canceled with a heavy circle with a large figure in the centre, which were sent to me by a London dealer. They are canceled with the triangular postmark, and some used with regular stamps.
TUNSTALL
Also, under what conditions were fiscal stamps allowed to be used for postage in the Cape Colony, circa 1865.
Replies to Correspondents
Natal Society; Cape Town Philatelic Society; The East London { Philatelic Society; Philatelic Society of Port Elizabeth and the West. The United Philatelic Society of Johannesburg is to be heartily congratulated on the organization of a very successful Junior Evening and Exhibition held at the Y.M.C.A.
British Colonials
This is certainly a step in the right direction, and it is to be hoped that the Society will begin to fix their JJiouse and revive some keenness in the old. A new drilling machine has recently been installed and we understand that other machines are on order.
SEND ME YOUR WANT-LIST
Prizes were awarded to male and female students for different classes, and the young people who participated showed commendable enthusiasm. At present the printing office is very overworked, and the lack of machinery makes his task difficult.
Another correspondent mentions that she has received a sheet of ½d where the word "Africa" is only in the last horizontal row. We have been informed from a very reliable source that the current stamps will be overprinted with one of the following: "R.G SELF-GOVERNMENT" or "RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT." Due to the space occupied by the last overprint, we could imagine one of the first two proposed overprints appearing.
RARE BRITISH COLONIALS
ALLEN
In the last stamp, bottom row, left bottom pane of the ld. postage, is a curious error to be found. Commonly used copies of the Threepence claret abound, so that the surcharge presents a temptation to the counterfeiter.
RARE.· BRITISH AFRICANS
ALL EN
14 right ear. is shaded, while on the other stamp of the same perf. the right ear is not shaded. A fairly safe guide, however, i11 the comparative positions of the letter "One" above that of the lower line; in the present case the upper part is far to the right.
KODESIA
GIBBONS' APPROVAL DEPARTMENT
Prompt and courteous attention to small buyers
An Interesting ~qtire ot Natal
The association's monthly meeting was held on March 21, chaired by the president. The regular monthly meeting of the association was held on the 16th and was quite well attended.
Early British Colonials
BIRD
The highlight of the evening was an exhibition of stamps by Mr Morseman from Bulawayo, who is on holiday. The President expressed the Society's sincere thanks to Mr. Morseman for his most interesting and instructive remarks, to which Mr. Morseman aptly replied:
The Southern Stamp Co.,
- O. Box 1677, DURBAN
- LICHTENSTEIN
- MALLET VEALE
- L. RADEMEYER
We take this opportunity to thank Mr. To congratulate Reid on his election as president of the Johannesburg Society. In the Royal Philatelic Society's publication on Afric11 the following measures of the allowance are given:.
CHAPTER III
British made Stamp Albums
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
HE SOU'l'H AFRICAN PHILATELIST
This denomination was issued as a receipt stamp and as the levy has been changed to 10 cents it is no longer rcquHed, al](.l uo further supplies will be printed. Tomkins kindly sends us the 1 cent. script on thin paper and denser than the previous printing with multiple C.A. watermarks, and mentions that the 12 cent gray script is no longer available.
RARE BRITISH AFRICANS
GORD, 47, Canning Road, Addjti:ombe, Surrey, England
Pleaae mention the Philatelist when replying to Adverlima,
Notes on Early T ransvaals,
The ordinary meeting of the Association was held on the 7th, Mr. van Malsen headed one of the nineteen present. Letters of appreciation were read from visitors who attended the special exhibition of Union stamps by Mr. Appreciation was also expressed by the members who participated in .the.
70 THE SOUTH AFRICAN PHILATELIST
W. GLOVER,
IMPORTANT NOTICE !
34;THE SOUTHERN CROSS COLLECTOR."
Elsewhere in this issue will be found advertisements of the Southern St.amp Company, Durban. Some of the stamps in this issue are found with the last letter of the word PENCE damaged, making it appear as if it were "F" with a stop.
CHAPTER V
34; After a long deliberation in the private office of the Postmaster, we eventually came to the following agreement. I have never come across anyone who knew of the existence of the,se st-amps.
Our Approval Department
AGENTS FOR BRIGHT & SONS, LONDON
From the above interesting history of this 3d. wrong, it will be seen that Mr. Duiven obtains 20 copies and someone else 8 copies. 28 examples exist, of which there are apparently more in South Africa. This article was intended for publication a few issues back, but was withheld due to a similar article by Mr. Leon de Raa.y that appeared in recent issues of "Stamp Collecting".
NEW ISSUES AND VARIETIES. ~
This is four,d in the first seal. third row, of the left panel, and oonsi~t,s of the word. Another notable feature is in the 2nd stamp, 7th row, of the left panel.
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
On the seventh stamp, bottom row, there is a vertical line extending from the brim of the King's hat to the foot of the last "A". with the difference that the antiquated push bike has been replaced by more up-to-date motorcycles.
Phjlateli.c Society of Rhodesia, which had been dormant ~since the early stages of the late war.r. A Provisional Committee"' was appointed to go into the Rules and Regulations of the Society with a view to their revision, if necessary.
REVIEWS
BIRD"
- RIETIEP
Perkins, Bacon and Co., perfornti, ion was made from a comb machine, gauge 14, purchased in 1895, especially for punching the stamps of the British t:louth Africa Company. . The bottom row of the leaf is imp-erforate,e and the adjacent row (fifth horizontal) is imper:forate only at the bottom.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
93 3s., green and mauve on blue, imper:forate: Only ten specimens of this variety lire known. The entire double row at the bottom of the page was. sold over the counter in the ordinary course of business at, the Fort Jameson Post Office, and forms one of the rarest items in Rhodesia. for the most important facts about the 3s. imperfect.).
SOUTH WEST' AFRICA
The complete sheet would therefore contain forty seals perforated on all sides; ten stamps perforated on three sides only, and ten stamps completely imperforated. As mentioned in a previous issue, a new form has been prepared so that all denominations can be expected with this new overprint.
NYASALAND
WE BUY
WE SELL
Many fine specialised collections are now on hand
Please mention the " Philatelist" when replying to Advertisers
MOZAMBIQUE
JAPAN
UNION of SOUTH AFRICA
It will therefore be seen that it is impossible for a parcel to cost £1 to any part of the world, while 10s. is not often required. Instead of the entire telegram being destroyed, the stamps are sometimes removed and discarded as "used" copies.
GEO. CHIPP,
The stamps were obtained from dispatches, telegrams and other ministerial documents, but knowledge of the erasure date stamps used will enable collectors to distinguish. The punch impression may still be present, so the reverse side of the stamps should be carefully examined in any case.
SOCIETY NEWS
The topic for the evening was an exhibition of members of the 1910 State, me from Rhodesia, and there were some very nice collections. TOPICS OF THE MONTH. . In this issue you will find the first of a series of articles on the stamps of Bechua:naland by Mr Barry May, C.M.G., C.B.E.. Since his appointment he has had ample opportunity to study the subject. Clerk to the Resident Magistrate and Postmaster Genera:! in Vryburg in 1888.
HICH VALUE UNION CANCELLATIONS,
W. REYNOLDS
The Southern Stamp Company,
The seven sheets of the 3d. had no errors or V!rrities, but the 4's. value had four errors on the first sheet, viz. On the next day, after sending the seven sheets of 3cl .• eighteen sheets of the 4s. value was sent to be supplemented with the same.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA,
Postage has so far been issued, but that the other values will be put up for sale as the existing stocks of the previous overprint types are used up. I have every reason to believe that the current edition will continue in use until stocks of the new publisher are available.
Correspondence,
Many fine specialisfd collections are now on hand
Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., 391 Strand, London, England
THE STAMPS OF BECHUANALAND
To record in this way — the crooked fish eloquent of the unfortunate position of the Batlapin — are the sources from which the free-booted Republic derived its possessions. The present expedition is recorded in our albums, or in some of them, by two stamps used in connection with the work of the·.
East Rand Philatelic Society
Obermeyer gave a most interesting article on stamps printed in "Taille-douce," illustrating his remarks by some fine specimens of the work, chiefly with·. The paper was followed by an exhibition of the Society's British Colonial Reference Collection, which, although only established in 1916, now numbers over 1,300 stamps, well furnished and arranged.
East Londo,n Philatelic Society
An extraordinary meeting of the Society was held on Monday, July 2, when it was decided to change the evenings of meetings to the second and fourth Monday of each month.
Philatelic Society of Rhodesia
BECHUANALAND UNUSED
J. Harrington,
MINT EDWARDIANS
Lichtenstein
Secretary of the Johannesburg Society sent a letter to the London offices of the B.S.A.: Co. directed to inquire what the Company intends to do with. We take this opportunity to extend our sincere congratulations to Mr. C. F. Donne on his election as president of the East Rand Society.
Many fine specialised collections are now on band
The Johannesburg Society, so far as we understood, had not yet decided on the nomination, but we heard that the following names of gentlemen had been mentioned:-Mr. J.E. ivl. The price list of airmail stamps and cancellations just prepared by Mr. Alan Turton, presents the first attempt. in standardizing the value of some of the most elusive types of Air Post stamps.
Satnley Gibbons, Ltd., 391 Strand, London, England
In this panel, the last six stamps of the first vertical row are only partially printed. Any change in the political status of the Protectorate will undoubtedly lead to philatelic divisions of an interesting nature.
121 - were issued and most of the stamps were immediately used to pay _llostage in the local paper, the Bechuanaland News. The last British Beclmanaland stamp appeared in 1895 in the form of the .contempora,ry Cape halfpenny, green, printed in black.
SOCIETY N·EWS
Pt·etoria Philatelic Society
WANTED
L. KAP LAN,
South African Philatelist
CHAPTER VIII
F. JOHNSTONE,
BRIDGER & KAY, LTD
NOTES ON
NEW ISSUES AND VARIETIES
ALLEN,
THE ST AMPS OF BECHUANALAND
The Protectorate's postal department was administered by the Postmaster-General of the Cape Colony, who found it convenient to keep stocks of Protectorate stamps in Mafeking for distribution to the post offices further north. H is not difficult to see a connection between these varieties of stamps and the composition of the Mafeking garrison.
PENNY POSTAGE
Due to its proximity to the Transvaal, it was inevitable that Bechuanaland would experience the full effects of the Boer War. A total of five Ca,pe, four British Bechuanaland and five Protectorate stamps were overprinted with different denominations, and of the Protectorate stamps two were overprinted with a different type.
SOCIETY NEWS ~
This Month's Special Offer
CH.&RLfS
Port Elizabeth Phil1atelic Society
In the third part at hand, the author deals with po!!t can-ds and envelopes, and has done full justice to his subject. The descriptions in this book will be of inestimable help to the specialist and the student of these interesting wholes, aud will help ti>.
MAURITIUS
In a recent letter, a correspondent stated: "I'm sure many of your readers are like me when they discover a new vanity; they say to themselves, 'Somebody else ha!.
LINCOLN STAMP ALBUMS
O. BOX 6006, JOHANNESBURG
L. KAPLAN,
LICHTENSTEIN, Philatelist,
The Southern Cross Collectors Club
The United Philatelic Society of Johannesburg has done much to promote the interests of philately by organizing very successful youth evenings to get the stamp exhibition at the Y.M.C.A. we don't even talk. A special report on this term of the fair will be found elsewhere in this issue.
STANLEY Gl8BONS, LTD.,
The Johannesburg Y.M.C.A., in its splendid efforts to encourage and develop South African industries worthy of the support of all sections of the community, is to be greatly congratulated on its undertaking all the enthusiasm in organizing and directing the trade of South Africa. South. and the Fair of Industries. Roberts, whose advertisement appears on the inside cover, specializes in British colonial stamps, especially rare items and stamps of the best class, and will be pleased to forward, free of charge, full.
ST AMP EXHIBITION
EARLY BRITISH CC,LC,NIALS
EDWARDIAN AND GEORGIAN
BIRD, 31 Ellerby St., Fulham
CHARL(S
It consists of a smiJ,11 but perfectly white point, slightly to the left of the figure in the right-hand figure of value. The second 1I of PACIFIC is centered over the S of ISLANDS; in type A it is over the right side of the D.
O. BOX 1706, JOHANNESBURC
- R.I. PRI NTi NC OF 1900
The regular meeting took place on October 19, chaired by Mr. Thornton due to the absence of the President. The monthly meeting of the Association was held on October 21 and there was a good attendance.
PURCHASES
An extensive collection, which was shown as the paper proceeded, served to illustrate very effectively the points of the address. A very hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Canon Ford, and a general talk on philatelic subjects, together with the partaking of refreshments, brought a distinctly enjoyable evening to a close.
FIELD, 44a, Dover st., Piccadilly, W.1
EXCHANGE.-He who sends me in exchange 100-5,000 stamps of his country will receive as many Hungarian stamps.-QUIN'r BELA, VU.
CHRISTMAS BARGAINS-ALL MINT
LICHTENSTEIN, Philatelist, BOX 33, ROUXVILLE, O.F.S
TRANSVAAL
L. LEVITT,
THE UNION STAMP EXCHANGE
MENDELSOHN,
OFFICIAL ORGAN: Johannesburg United Philatelic Society; Pretoria Philatelic Society; Østrand's Philatelic Society; Philatelic Society of Natal; Cape Town Philatelic Society; The East London Philatelic Society; Port Elizabeth Philatelic Society; The West African. Follow; an interview informed the Secretary of the Royal Philatelic Society that none of the unused remains would be sold by the Society at less than face value, and that the interests of the philatelist in any trade which might be injured, the purchasers of these &tamps would be- .
SPECIAL OFFERS
We learn that the Royal Philatelic Society, in response to communications from the Philatelic Societies of Johannesburg and Natal, the British South Africa Co.
CH~RLES
W, REYNOLDS, Box 6363, JOHANNESBUR
According to the postal regulations in force in Southern Rhodesia at the time of this issue, rnw is gold. bullion) can be sent by registered mail at a rate of ld. Please pay in cash to the person delivering this card the face value of the stamp affixed thereto, if presented on or after August 1, l!)OO.".
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F. JOHNSTONE,
Due to the fact that the two lines of the overprint were not exactly aligned horizontally, on one stamp the two lines of the overprint were each about one-sixteenth of an inch lower. WANTED FOR MONEY. Essays, proofs, color proofs, imperforates, 'sample sets', freaks of every kind and rarities of all kinds: complete sheets of S.G.
O. BOX 1076, JOHANNESBURC
RECENT PURCHASES
FIELD, 44a, Dover St., Piccadilly, w.1
This had the effect of leaving the ends of the perforation grooves free of the rule, and was an effect produced intentionally to overcome a technical difficulty of the printing press. As the ink rollers moved along the surface of the plate under pressure and applied the necessary ink, they forced the air along the gutters between the stamp devices on the plate and due to the complete surrounding of the plate with the Jubilee line, this air had no natural outlet and caused problems with the inks .'.
Everu Stamp Brilliant Mint
LINDSAY,
At the time of writing, plate numbers 5 and 6 can be obtained from virtually any Post Office. Regarding plate numbers with inverted watermarks, I own the four corners of the sheet plates 4, 5, , and 6, plate 4 being particularly rare.
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CILLEN,
O. BOX 2
E, DONNE,
GREETINGS
F. SIMONSEN,
L, LEVITT,
MENDELSOHN, 19, Rue de Chateaudun, Paris,
