This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Transvaal , formerly known as the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR).
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Transvaal , formerly known as the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR).
The first stamps of the South African Republic were issued on 1 May 1870, showing the coat of arms of the republic. [1] [2]
The South African Republic was annexed by Britain in 1877. A set of definitives depicting Queen Victoria was issued in 1878.
The first Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1880. [3] The conflict ended with a decisive Boer victory at the Battle of Majuba Hill and the republic regained its independence.
The republic again issued stamps with the coat of arms in the designs.
The Second Boer War erupted in 1899, the war ended the existence of the South African Republic.
Stamps of the South African Republic were overprinted "V.R.I." (Victoria Regina Imperatrix, Latin for Victoria, Queen and Empress) or "E.R.I." (Edward Rex Imperator, for Edward VII) between 1900 and 1902. In 1902 stamps for the Transvaal Colony were issued.
Transvaal was incorporated into the Union of South Africa in 1910 .
The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Zululand under British rule.
The British Central Africa Protectorate existed in the area of present-day Malawi between 1891 and 1907.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Bechuanaland Protectorate.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong.
Stellaland was a short-lived Boer republic from 1882 until 1885, located in southern Bechuanaland, west of the then South African Republic, with Vryburg as its capital. It was incorporated in British Bechuanaland in 1885. British Bechuanaland was subsequently incorporated into the Cape of Good Hope in 1895.
Mauritius, a small island in the southwest Indian Ocean, is important to the world of philately for a number of reasons. Its first two postage stamps issued in 1847, called the "Post Office" stamps, are of legendary rarity and value. They were the first stamps issued in any part of the British Empire outside of Great Britain. The unique cover bearing both “Post Office” stamps has been called "la pièce de résistance de toute la philatélie" or "the greatest item in all philately". The cover was sold at auction, in Zurich, on 3 November 1993, for 5.75 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of about $4 million – the highest price ever paid for a single philatelic item up to that time. In addition, Mauritius is well known for the subsequent locally produced issues known as "primitives," also prized by collectors.
Belize started as the colony of British Honduras, formally established in the 17th century but disputed through the 18th century.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cape of Good Hope.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Ghana, known as the Gold Coast before independence.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Saint Helena.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of South Africa.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Sierra Leone.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Biafra.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Grenada.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Pietersburg.
The South African Republic (ZAR), later known as Transvaal issued revenue stamps from 1875 to around 1950. There were a number of different stamps for several taxes.
Cape of Good Hope issued revenue stamps from 1864 to 1961. There were a number of different stamps for several taxes.
New Zealand first issued revenue stamps on 1 January 1867 and their general use continued until the early 1950s. The only Revenue Stamp series still in use today is the Game Bird Habitat stamp which is used for payment of the Gun License for the duck shooting season which begins the first weekend of May. There were various types of fiscal stamps for different taxes.
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