The Springbok Contents 1953 2003 Volume 1 to 51 · of Cape Town (c) and Durban (d) RD Allen snr...

1953 Volume 1, Number 1 Whole No 1 Contents Author Page

• The Editors chair CE Sherwood 3

• The narrow perforation variety in the Union stamps WN Sheffield 4-5

• Current topics CE Sherwood 6

• The Ha’penny Springbok (halfpenny) PD Haigh 7-10

• Its never too late CE Sherwood 11

• Union Philatelic diary for 1952 CE Sherwood 12

• The production of the “Kings Head” Coil stamps of S Africa JAJ Peters 13-14

• Resume of auction realisation during 1952 Voortrekker 15-16

• O.A.T. (Onward Air Transmission) HA Stewart 17-20

• Membership information CE Sherwood 21

• Library CE Sherwood 21

• Stop Press CE Sherwood 22

Volume 1, Number 2 Whole No 2 • The editors chair CE Sherwood 25

• The Royal Philatelic collection E Lauder 26

• Second thoughts on Cylinder Numbers ER Gunstone 27-28

• The Ha’penny Springbok continued (halfpenny) PD Haigh 29

• New Issue recorded CE Sherwood 30

• My South African Collection FW Rendall 31-32

• Resume of auction realisation prices at HR Harmer’s

sale on 27th January 1953 Voortrekker 33-34

• Press references CE Sherwood 35

• The “Scottish meeting” at Bridge of Allan KA Green 37

• Correspondence CE Sherwood 38-39

• Quoting You CE Sherwood 40-41



• The Ha’penny Springbok continued (halfpenny) PD Haigh 46-48

• Official announcements CE Sherwood 48

• Current 3d value varieties RD Allen 49

• A summary of Cylinder Numbers pertaining to the

Rotogravure Half-Penny Postage Stamps of the

Union of South Africa A Hilton Sydow 50-51

• Some 2d Roto Varieties HJ Anderson 52-53

• A Philatelic library for the collector of S African Stamps E Lauder 54

• My South African Collection WGR Wilby 55

• Quoting You CE Sherwood 56

• Press references CE Sherwood 57-58

• The exchange packet CE Sherwood 58


• Picture page CE Sherwood 61


The Springbok Contents 1953 – 2003 Volume 1 to 51 By J B Carter 2 July 2006 (Up to Vol 49) Reformatted by Otto Peetoom February 2014

Abbreviations A.G.M. Annual General Meeting

B.P.E. British Philatelic Exhibition

C.D.S. Circular Date Stamp

Cyl Cylinder

F.D.C. First Day Cover

Ha’penny Halfpenny

I.T.U. International Telecommunication Union

J.I.P.E.X. Johannesburg International Philatelic Exhibition

K.G.V. King George the fifth

P.O. Post Office

No. Number

O.A.T. Onward Air Transmission

P.M.G. Post Master General

P.O. Post Office

R.S.A. Republic of South Africa

S.A. South Africa

S.A.C/H South African Catalogue/Handbook

S.A.C.S. South African Collector’s Society

S.A.N.A.E. South African National Antarctic Expedition

S.A.P. South African Philatelist

S.G. Stanley Gibbons

S.W.A. South West Africa

T.P.O. Travelling Post Office

U.K. United Kingdom

Z.A.R. Zuid Afrikan Railways

WW1 World War 1

WW2 World War 2

Volume 1, Number 4 Whole No 4 Contents Author Page

• The editor’s chair CE Sherwood 65

• Airmails HA Stewart 66-69

• World War 11 Philately (A review) JH Harvey Pirie 69

• The Ha’penny Springbok continued (halfpenny) PD Haigh 71

• Production of Union of South Africa Stamps WA Page 72-73

• Resume for philatelic journals for “Springbok” Jul-Aug 1953 CE Sherwood 74

• Annual London meeting CE Sherwood 75

• 2d Coronation stamp – June 2nd CE Sherwood 75


• The redrawn 2d, (Plates V-V111) PD Haigh 78


• Centenary of Postage Stamps (official announcement) CE Sherwood 80-81



• Some notes on the small 2d PD Haigh 85-86

• My South African collection RD Allen 87-88

• Screens Gordon Ward 89

• Varieties noted in some recent printings JE Hodkinson 90

• The Ha’penny Springbok continued (halfpenny) PD Haigh 91-92


• Vignette Cylinder No 48 and6912 of the Half-Penny Roto AH Sydow 9 93-94

• Some 2d Roto varieties HJ Anderson 95-96

• 2d Coronation Cylinder 98 flaws AC Adams 99



• Stop press CE Sherwood 101


• Constant plate flaws and varieties HA Stewart/E Lauder 105-107


• The Ha’penny Springbok (continued) PD Haigh 108-109

• Report on annual general meeting – London CE Sherwood 110

• Local groups CE Sherwood 111

• The early printing trials of the first Rotogravure Penny

Postage Stamp of South Africa Victor W Dix 112-117

• “Cracked plate” marks in recent printings CE Sherwood 117


• Correspondence SJ Hagger 119


1954 Volume 2, Number 1 Whole No 7 • The editors chair CE Sherwood 3

• Official stamps of the Union of South Africa listed

in basic order AC Adams 4-8

• Some uncatalogued varieties of South Africa RD Allen 9-10

• London group CE Sherwood 11-12

• London group meeting WA Page 12

• Auction realisations during 1953 Voortrekker 13-15

• Data on recent printings Anon 15


• Frame cylinder Nos. 6933 and 45 of 1/2d hyphenate AH Sydow 17-18

• Official announcement, P.O Bulletin Anon 19




• Animals on new stamps CE Sherwood 24

• Important notice S Legator 24

• Kings Heads – South Africa RD Allen 25-30

• Wanted CE Sherwood 30

• Seven years with Unions – A reflection WA Page 31-32

Volume 2, Number 2 - Continued Contents Author Page

• Glasgow meeting CE Sherwood 33

• Information wanted CE Sherwood 33

• London group meeting WA 4


• The Postal History of Walvis Bay E Lauder 37-38





• The Coronation issue of 1937 PD Haigh 44-46

• Multo or Multi G Ward 46-47


• Glasgow group meeting E Lauder 48-49


• London group, annual general meeting WA Page 50

• Official announcement GPO Bulletin – New definitives CE Sherwood 51

• South African First Flights EG Kinsey 52-53

• ½d un-hyphenated – Itemised list of its varieties RD Allen 54

• A beginners adventure with Springboks AC Adams 55-56

• Union Handbook / Catalogue 0.96a – 2d Official CE Sherwood 57

• Press references AJB 57

• Correspondence CE Sherwood 58



• Check list of recent printings as from 1.1.54 CE Sherwood 60


• The LAB Sharpe collection CE Sherwood 64-65

• London group committee meeting WA Page 66

• A beginner’s adventure with Springboks (continued) AC Adams 67-68


• South African First Flights (continued) EG Kinsey 69-71


• The Screened Rotogravure Postage Stamps and Postage

Due Labels of the Union of South Africa AH Sydow 73-76

• Picture pages CE Sherwood 77-78

• Screen – Scratch on recent printings Anon 79


• Checklist of recent printings CE Sherwood 80


• The L.A.B. Sharpe collection (continued) CE Sherwood 84-85

• Official or Unoffocial E Lauder 86-88

• New Definitives – Official announcement CE Sherwood 88-89


• Special Notice – annual general meeting CE Sherwood 91

• Bilingual or Unilingual stamps C Lee 92-94

• Date on recent printings Anon 94


• 1½d Gold Mine – Hyphenated – Group 1, Plates 1-1V

large format, pages 126 7 Union Handbook/Catalogue Anon 97

• Wanted E Lauder 97

• Problem corner CE Sherwood 98





• The editors chair CE Sherwood 103

• Constant plate flaws and varieties – Part II HA Stewart/E Lauder 104-105



• Advisory panel CE Sherwood 107

• A milestone in the Society’s history CE Sherwood 108-109

• Glasgow group meeting E Lauder 109

• Table showing stamp sheet number and language

setting of multipositive flaws of 1/2d groups 5 to 7 Anon 109-112

• Report on the annual general meeting CE Sherwood 113-114

• Constant varieties in Orange Free State Centenary Issue CCS 114

• The Offisieel Diaeresis “E” variety AJ Brown 115-116

• Third Definitive Series of postage stamps CE Sherwood 117-118




• Official announcement CE Sherwood 120


• The Official Diaeresis “E” variety continued AJ Brown 4-5


• A resume of auction realisations during 1954 Voortrekker 6-7

• Wanted MD Sibson 7

• Third definitive series of Postage Stamps continued CE Sherwood 8-9

• Glasgow group Meeting E Lauder 9

• Is it a retouch Quattordici 10-11

• Constant flaws etc on 1d Ship, Plate 21, Cyl Nos. 6a/6b JE Hodkinson 11

• Flaws found on Cyl’s. 6a/6b, 1d Ship, late printing JE Hodkinson 12

• The campaign in S.W.A. 1914/15 and the subsequent

occupation EK Kinsey 13-15

• Enquire within ……… these pages SACS members 15

• Correspondence SACS members 15-18




• Queries on the unhyphenated Pennies EW Merriman 24

• Screen scratches WA Page 25-26



• Glasgow group meeting H.A.S. 29-30

• Is it a “Cinderella” Quattordici 31-32



• Help Anon 37-38


• Members information CE Sherwood 40


• The large 2d toned Vignette issues PD Haigh 44-50


• With compliments to Quatuordici GW 52

• Jacaranda time Beepee 53-54


• The 6d Die 1 “LADDER” flaw GW 55-56

• London group annual general meeting WA Page 56

• Glasgow group meeting, 11 March 1955 Anon 57

• Scottish meeting at Bridge Allan 15/17 April 1955 Anon 57

• Correspondence SACS members 58


• Members information CE Sherwood 60

• Press references A.J.B. 60



• Shipping Postmaster and Assistant Shipping Postmaster

of Cape Town (c) and Durban (d) RD Allen snr 64-67

• A resume of auction prices at HR Harmer’s sales

on 19th of April and 3rd of May 1955 Voortrekker 68-69

• London exhibition – an appeal for material WA page 70-71

• Official announcement CE Sherwood 71

• The portrait on the 41/2d stamp of the van Riebeck

Tercentenary issues of 1952 by the Union of South Africa AH Sydow 72-73

• Special notice – Forth coming society A.G.M. CE Sherwood 74






• When is a retouch not a retouch? Caeculus 84-86

• Book reviews - HANDBOOK / CATALOGUE of Union of

South Africa Stamps: Volume 11 and “South West Africa” E Lauder 87-88

• Some Tax Handstamps of South Africa AJ Brown 89-90

• The Official Diaeresis E varieties DD Smythe 91

• The cancellations of the South African mobile post offices EG Kinsey 92-94


• The new departure in the Printing of Union Stamps C.E.S. 98



• Annual general meeting – London CE Sherwood 100


• Constant Plate flaws and varieties – Part III HA Stewart & E Lauder 104-106

• Exchange packet CE Sherwood 106

• Picture page CE Sherwood 106a

• Report of Annual General Meeting WA Page 107


• The Gelating shift Caeculus 109-110

• South African first Flights continued EG Kinsey 111-112

• Union of South Africa stamp exhibition E Lauder 113-114

• South African stamps overprinted

“CUSTOMS DUTY”or “Douane” Anon 115-116

• Glasgow group meetings E Lauder 117


• Things I noticed at the London exhibition A new boy 119

• Wanted RJ Lawrence 119




• Is it a “Guideline” Quatordici 4-6

• The Anhyphenate Penny EW Merriman 7-12


• The Gelatine shift G.W. 13-14

• Artists licence Beepee 15-16

• Queries SACS members 16



• Pretoria Centenary Stamps – Report thereon CC Seaford 20




• Bantam War Effort - 1/2d and 11/2d issues Heretic 24

• “Splintered Horn” – Upright watermark BR Powell 25-26

• The Humble Ha’penny varieties and plate

flaws, groups 5-7 (halfpenny) Caeculus 27-32


• Auction realisations during 1995 – A resume Voortrekker 34-36

• Glasgow group meetings E Lauder 36-37

• London group meetings WA Page 37

• The 1956 exhibition Anon 38







• One of the Maritime marks of South Africa RD Allen 44-45

• London group meeting WA Page 46-47

• Three shots at a Penny Quattordici 48

• South African experimental Air Mail -

The Outward Journey WE Hughes 49-52

• Sources of the designs of the Union Animal series of

Postage Stamps C Clement 53-54

• Annual exhibition – A reminder CE Sherwood 54

• Bantam War Efforts 1/2d values Caelulus 55-56





• South African experimental Air Mail -

The Return Trip WE Hughes 64-66

• Special notice - 1956 Society Annual general meeting CE Sherwood 67

• Union “Stereo” Officials – A simplified listing A Lichtenstein 69-71

• Air crashes EG Kinsley 72-74


• Snippets from the S.A.P. 1948 Anon 75-77






• The two (?) Dies of the 1d Ship Type B Powell 84-89

• Annual general meeting WA Page 89-90

• The South African Collectors’ Society 1956 Exhibition W.N.S. 91-92

• Third annual exhibition WA Page 92-96

• Doctor blade scratches Anon 96

• The origin of the South African 1d Stamp

“Tredfoil” watermark JAB van Wyk 97-98

• An air crash or was it a wreck – or neither Anon 98





• Constant plate flaws and varieties – Part IV HA Stewart / E Lauder 104-106

• The Springbok Halfpenny by Gordon Ward (a review) E Lauder 106


• The 2d Union buildings S.G. 44 – H.B. 38-38D Caeculus 107-109

• This doctor blade business G.W. 109-110

• Some exhibition comments “Eavesdropper” 111



• Puzzle corner “Skipper” 114

• The Anhyphenate Penny Value EW Merriman 115-116

• The exchange packet Anon 116-117

• The campaign in German East Africa 1914-18 EG Kinsey 117-119




• When the Postman nodded LE Orkin 4-7

• One Penny Van Riebeck’s ship RJ Clayton 8-10

• Semper Altquid Novum Anon 11-14

• Kiloware – One pound Anon 15-16


• Picture page CE Sherwood 17-18

• London group meetings CE Sherwood 19

• Important notice CE Sherwood 19


• Puzzle corner Skipper 20


• Essays and proofs Marcus Samuel 24-28

• Exhibition 1957 CE Sherwood 28


• Members news CE Sherwood 29

• One Penny Van Riebecks ship, group II Roto Unhyphenated RJ Clayton 30-32

• The unhyphenated Penny JJ Keenan 33-39



• A matter of some importance RD Allen 44

• Spots on the 2d unhyphenated roto HJ Anderson 45-59

• Membership matters CE Sherwood 60




• A philatelic co-incidence RD Allen 66

• Essays and proofs Anon 67-70

• London group meeting CE Sherwood 70

• One Penny Van Riebecks ship RJ Clayton 71-73

• The telegraphic cancellations on high value Georgians Skipper 73-74

• Why did I join AR Taylor 75


• Is it a Post Office Quatiordici 77

• A member writes Anon 77

• Native huts EW Merriman 78-80




• Early South African Posts and Stamps,

A short survey (1652 – 1910) AA Jurgens 84-85

• The 6d Orange tree Embryo 86

• Special notice, 1957 Society annual general meeting

And exhibition Anon 87

• Six questions Anon 88

• The problems of a collector in Kuwait ES Jones 89-90

• Beginning on the Pennies Anon 91-92

• War effort portraits Anon 93

• Post Office bulletin CE Sherwood 94

• South African Air Posts Skipper 95

• Wanted AJ Penn 95

• Interview with the Postmaster General CE Sherwood 96-97




• Special notice CE Sherwood 100


• Constant plate flaws and varieties – Part V HA Stewart 104-105


• South African Collectors Society fourth annual exhibition WA Page 107-109

• Early South African posts and stamps, a short survey

(1652 – 1910) continued from Vol. 5 No. 5 AA Jurgens 110-111

• South African war train Anon 111

• Annual general meeting WA Page 112-113

• The S African impression of the London Exhibition, 1957 GI Faerber 113-114


• Supporting the exhibition Kingtec 115-116


• The exhibition – What they thought Anon 119


• Paarl exhibition CE Sherwood 120


• London group meeting CE Sherwood 4

• Here and there Anon 4

• The 1d Gnu RJ Gilbert 5-8

• Liberty Cavalcade Anon 8

• 1d monocoloured coils – Roll 23 Cylinder RJ Lawrence 9-10

• Spots on the 2d unhyphenated Roto HJ Anderson 10-11

• 1½d Large Gold Mine Skipper 12-13

• The un-issued Scout stamps of South Africa RD Allen 14-15

• A note about the bud on wreath Anon 15

• ½d Typo – A query Anon 15

• London or Pretoria Quattordici 16




• Press cuttings CE Sherwood 20

• Paarl exhibition CE Sherwood 20


• The 11th row flaws Caeculus 24-26

• The Paarl exhibit E.G.K 27-28



• The London group meetings WA Page 32-34

• Up for the cup AS Templeman 35-36


• Empire Parliaments’ delegation tour, South Africa 1924 Anon 39

Volume 6, Number 2 - Continued Contents Author Page




• The retouches on Cylinder - set 20 of the Ship Penny Gordon Ward 44-46

• A shipping postmasters mark DD Smythe 47

• Stampex 1958 WA Page 48-49

• The London group meeting WA Page 49

• Printing flaws on Typographed stamps AJ Brown 50-51

• An unreported flaw from cylinder set 25 of the Ship Penny Gordon Ward 51

• The Fourpenny triangulars CE Sherwood 52-53

• The 1954 animal set CE Sherwood 54

• The large 1½d Goldmine issue Vexatus 55-56

• South Africa P.O. philatelic bulletin 32 CE Sherwood 57

• The Harrison essays – or are they? CE Sherwood 57





• London group WA Page 64

• Georgina ½d. Double printing Skipper 65-66

• The current definitives WA Page 67-74

• Plate cracks on the 1d Pretoria AJ Brown 75-76


• New issue news Anon 78





• The Kings Head coil stamps of South Africa E Lauder 84-86

• The “Abel” cup 1958 Cupolda 87-88

• The shades of printing from cylinder set XI of the

Ship Penney Gordon Ward 89-90

• Notice – 1958 Society annual general meeting & exhibition Anon 91

• A problem of cylinder set XI Anon 92-93

• Further notes on the large 1½d Goldmine issue Vexatus 94-96

• ½d plate XII Gordon Ward 97

• The “Brushmark” flaws on the Ship Penny of cylinder set XI Anon 98-99




• Annual general meeting WA Page 104

• The 11th row flaw Gordon Ward 105-106

• The “Blue Train” CE Sherwood 106

• South African Collectors Society fifth annual exhibition WA Page 107-110

• A fine Ship Anon 110

• An Imperial Airways envelope Anon 110


• Constant plate flaws and varieties – VI HA Stewart / E Lauder 111-112



• The 1½d Goldmine RD Allen 118



• Exchange packets CE Sherwood 119



• South African Trains – The Blue Train RD Allen 4-5

• A retouch Anon 5

• Two interesting flaws on the hyphenated 1d AJ Brown 6-7


• You can’t be too careful Anon 8

• A matter of record Anon 8-10

• The printing of Postage Stamps in South Africa Anon 11-12

• The Airposts of South Africa NC Baldwin / WP Stern 13-14

• A Japanese Cachet from Cape Town Gordon Ward 14

• For the record Anon 15-16


• The eleventh row flaw Dr TB Berry 18

• 1d “Gnu” – Doctor Blade flaw, Cyl. 3 One bar sheet R Mc Dougall 19





• The London group meeting WA Page 27-28

• South African P.O. bulletin No. 33 CE Sherwood 28


• The 1½d mines – Plates II and III RJ Lawrence 30-33

• The designs of the Union Stamps, A criticism Cupola 33-36

• Balloon news Anon 37

• The Blue Train JH Harvey Pirie 38-39





• Shipping Postmaster & assistant shipping postmaster marks RD Allen 44-50


• Stampex jottings Anon 50

• Sorting single roll stamps Gordon Ward 51-53


• Wanted Anon 54

• 2d German Settler stamp Anon 55

• Unknown by Postman Gordon Ward 56

• Suggestion for the improvement of the Handbook

Catalogue and its Supplement RD Allen 57-58

• For the record Anon 58

• Railway Station Moveable P.O. CE Sherwood 58






• Information desk R Squire 64

• Annual exhibition CE Sherwood 65

• Adjustment lines Anon 65-66

• Cut and come again Gordon Ward 66

• For the record CE Sherwood 67

• Auction items CE Sherwood 67

• Screens for security Anon 68

• Does one swallow make a summer CE Sherwood 68


• The Christmas seels of South Africa Maureen Low 69-70

• Plates 22023024 of the 1d Ship RD Allen 70

• Begging for Pennies Gordon Ward 71

• The merry month of Mei Anon 71

1959 Volume 7, Number 4 - Continued Contents Author Page

• Postage Due Anon 72

• The London group A.G.M. and annual competition WA Page 73

• Special notice, 1959 Society A.G.M and exhibition CE Sherwood 74

• Are the prices of South African stamps correct in our

catalogue Anon 75

• The “2d” Pictorial, plates 8 & 9 LC Harman 76





• 3d plate V, final printing with RED serial numbers Caeculus 84-87


• Identifying blocks from Typographed sheets Gordon Ward 89-90

• FDC’s of South Africa’s First Stamp SC Rich 91-92

• 3d academic variety Anon 93


• London group meetings RD Allen 94


• Information desk CE Sherwood 95-96





1959 Volume 7, Number 6 Whole No 42 • Editors chair CE Sherwood 103

• Plate flaws and varieties HA Stewart / E Lauder 104-105


• Society annual general meeting CE Sherwood 106

• Annual exhibition CE Sherwood 107-109

• London group meeting WA 0

• Advisory page Anon 111

• S African National Antarctic Expedition Commemorative Stamp Anon 112

• Postage Stamp information as at 6th August 1959 Government Printer 113

• The new currency CE Sherwood 114

• De Vexilio of Up the Pole Squatter 115-116

• London group meeting Anon 117

• New South African Post Offices SL Crozet 117

• Most important date in your diary CE Sherwood 117

• New watermark CE Sherwood 117





• Exhibitions Skipper 4

• Plating flaws of the 1d Roto plate 6 EW Merriman 5-12






• New Post offices CE Sherwood 20


• “Insufficiently Prepaid” cachets applied to letters intended

for Airmail Post in South Africa EG Kinsey 24-30


• Auctions CE Sherwood 33

• The Thirkell position finder of varieties – The listing of RD Allen 34

• Library CE Sherwood 35


• Postage stamp information as at 5/2/1960 Government Printer 36





• Air Mail T Rose 44-46

• Arrow blocks in auction Anon 47

• Multipositive flaws of plates VIII, IX, R106 Caeculus 48-50


• Special notice – Re London 1960 WA Page 53


• London 1960 WA Page 53

• London group display WA Page 54

• The London group A.G.M. WA Page 55

• The London group “Abell” cup competition, 1960 WA Page 56




• New Postmarks CE Sherwood 60

• London group 1960-1961 season CE Sherwood 60


• Plating flaws of the 1/2d plate II Caeculus 64-72


• The odd spot Anon 75

• Unipex – Johanesburg – 1960 CE Sherwood 76


• Postage stamp information as at 10/5/1960 Government Printer 79




• Cylinder flaws of the 1d - plate VIII Caeculus 84-94


• London 1960 WA Page 97-98

• London group program CE Sherwood 98

• New Post Offices CE Sherwood 99





• Fourth definitive series – Decimal currency CE Sherwood 104

• Postal History notes EG Kinsley 105-106

• South African Airgraphs RD Allen Snr 107

• Some viewpoints on our exhibition Anon 108-109

• A Tribute – FC Abell CE Sherwood 109

• The striped shield postcards Gordon Ward 110-111




• Annual exhibition WA Page 114-115

• Society annual general meeting WA Page 116

• The GEO FEROS collection WA Page 117







• South African mobile Post Offices RD Allen 4-7



• Experimental air mail to Mossel Bay RD Allen 9

• Postage stamp information Government Printer 10-11


• The 1/- Rotogravure RD Allen 13-16


• Victory for “Fly speckers” Anon 18-19

• Some auction realisations Anon 19




• Handbook / Catalogue of the stamps of South Africa

Golden Jubilee Edition – A review E Lauder 24-25


• Constant plate flaws and varieties HA Stewart / E Lauder 29-30



• South African cancellation errors EG Kinsley 32-33

• The fourth definitive series Anon 34-35

• Postage Due’s Anon 36

• Stationary Anon 36



• Current auction prices JH Wicks 38





• London Group meeting CE Sherwood 44


• Plating flaws of the 1d Animal - Cylinder 12 Anon 45-52


• O.A.T. Anon 53

• Idle thoughts Gordon Ward 54-56

• Stamp exhibition postmarks RD Allen Snr 56

• Auction realisations John H Wicks 57





• Maritime mail in World War II E Lauder 64


• Plating flaws of the 1d Animal – Cylinder 12 continued R Mc Dougal 66-72


• London group programme 1961 – 1962 CE Sherwood 73

• New Post Offices Mr Sylvester 73


• 2d Union Buildings – A multipositive problem PD Haigh 78-79

• Stamp exhibition postmarks RD Allen 79




• The Editors chair CE Sherwood 83

• Multipositive flaws of plates VIII to XI continued Caeculus 84, 87-88


• The London group “Abell” cup competition WA Page 89

• South African Study Circle CE Sherwood 90

• Republican news Gordon Ward 90-91

• Variable multipositive flaws – screened not screenless

printings R McDougall 92

• Auction realisations Anon 93

• Postage stamp information Government printer 94-95

• Annual exhibition and general meeting of the Society CE Sherwood 96






• Constant plate flaws and varieties HA Stewart / E Lauder 104-105


• Annual exhibition CE Sherwood 106

• The “John H Wicks” award CE Sherwood 107

• Jubilex 1961 CE Sherwood 108

• Annual exhibition 1961 WA Page 109-111

• The “sweat” box RD Allen 111

• Society annual general meeting CE Sherwood 112-113

• Bremersdorp to Manzini CE Sherwood 113

• London group meeting D.V.P. 114

• How to mount complete sheets Anon 114

• The SACS exhibition – Aftermath Cupolda 115-116







• 3d hyphenated – Issue 5 – UHB 48 R Mc Dougall 4-8

• London group meeting - November 1961 WA Page 8

• London group meeting - December 1961 WA Page 9

• Equus Burchellii Transvaalensis (2d Zebra) A J Penn 10 & 13


• For sale, wanted or exchange CE Sherwood 14

• Have you noticed CE Sherwood 14

• Commemorative Postmark 0 Kango Caves SL Crozet 14

• Success CE Sherwood 14


• New 2½c Commemorative stamp – Volkspele Mr Clement 15

• Typographed booklets CE Sherwood 16

• The first G. V. booklet CE Sherwood 16

• 2d Union Buildings, 1945-50 – A master negative problem PD Haigh 17-18

• Puzzle corner JE Hodkinson 18

• The John EH Wicks medal CE Sherwood 19




• Vignette cylinder flaws Plate IX Caeculus 24-28


• The 1910 G.V. 2½d first day postmarks Anon 32

• Diego Garciaor the first flight that never was EG Kinsey 32-33


• Booklets HJ Burkin 34


• Puzzle corner Gordon Ward 34


• Booklets EB Dane 35

• Proposed Society meeting – Eastbourne CE Sherwood 36

• Exhibition in America CE Sherwood 36

• 1d Ships CE Sherwood 36






1962 Volume 10, Number 3 Whole No 57 • The Editors chair CE Sherwood 43

• Multipositive flaws of the Rotogravure

unhypenated Penny Ship EW Merriman 44 & 49

• Picture pages CE Sherwood 45-48

• Are you a culprit? Anon 50


• Handbook / Catalogue CE Sherwood 50

• Auction room CE Sherwood 51-52

• Post office annual sales figures RD Allen 53


• 3d hyphenated – Issue 5 – UHB 48, an amendment R McDougall 56


• Royal tour 1947 – H.M.S. Vanguard Anon 58

• Eastbourne meeting Anon 59

• Extract from Post Office Report Anon 59





• The Society and you CE Sherwood 64-65

• Dr Reginald Gordon Ward – A tribute CE Sherwood 66

• 3d hyphenated – Issue 5 – UHB 48, A storage variety Gordon Ward 67-68

• South African mobile Post Offices Anon 68


• The London group “Abell” cup competition WA Page 70

• New watermark Anon 70

• Frame Cylinder flaws of plateIX Caeculus 71-76







• The Society and you CE Sherwood 84

• Recent Postage Due’s KH Giles 85

• Frame cylinder flaws of plate IX (conc) Caeculus 86-97

• De la Rue Georgians Lobdell 98

• Interprovincials Anon 98

• Z.A.R. J Dekker 98

• Dr Gordon Ward CE Sherwood 98








• The editors chair CE Sherwood 103-104

• The Doctor blade and its flaws R McDougall 105-109



• The annual general meeting WA Page 110-112

• Notice to members CE Sherwood 112

• Annual exhibition 1962 WA Page 113-115

• Exhibition sidelines WA Page 116-117


• The magazine – another award CE Sherwood 118

• The De la Rue Georgians of South Africa HE Lobdell 119

• The 1910 G. V. 2½d Anon 119




• An unrecorded coil issue RJ Lawrence 4-5

• The De la Rue Georgians of South Africa HE Lobdell 6-10


• Bound magazines RD Allen 11



• Measurements DD Smythe 15-16

• Society news RD Allen 17

• Publications received SL Crozet 18

• Time will tell RD Allen 19

• Membership information RD Allen 20

• South African Post Office information SL Crozet 20

• Exchange packet RD Allen 20

1963 Volume 11, Number 2 Whole No 62 • De la Rue Georgians of South Africa continued HE Lobdell 24-31

• SCREENLESS or Screenless Rotogravure R McDougall 32-34

• London meeting WA Page 35

• A new catalogue – “Republican issues of South Africa RD Allen 35


• Query RD Allen 36

• Illustration of varieties….. Annual publication Anon 37

• List of Post Offices, South Africa 1962 RD Allen 37

• My Philatelic Library Anon 38-39

• Philatelic award RD Allen 39

• Auction realisation RD Allen 39


• South African Post Office information RD Allen 40

• Philatelic gleanings RD Allen 40


• Notice – Auction MA Vellenzer 55

• A puzzle solved About SG 1 JE Hodkinson 56-59

• Ships Penny RJ Lawrence 60

• London meeting RD Allen 61




1963 Volume 11, Number 4 Whole No 64 • Marginal bars on recent printings Anon 64

• Pigeongramme Anon 65

• Picture page RD Allen 66

• Essays? information requested. Query 6/1963 WA Page 67

• Auction realisation CE Sherwood 68


• Book review, new republican catalogue RD Allen 69


• Registered envelopes KH Giles 71


• Society news RD Allen 73-74

• How to collect, an adaption Chung Tung 75-77

• Stop press, new 10c value RD Allen 77

• Design of “Volkspele” stamp S.A.S.S.C. 77

• London meeting WA Page 78-79




1963 Volume 11, Number 5 Whole No 65 • Postage stamp information Government Printer 84-85


• The 3d un-hyphenated Rotogravure issue EW Merriman 91-96

• Stab marks R McDougall 97-98

• Roll Stamps S.A.S.S.C. 98

• Notes on BOAC’s fleet. The VC 10 Anon 99



• London members RD Allen 100

1963 Volume 11, Number 6 Whole No 66 • The De la Rue Georgians of South Africa (continued) HE Lobdell 104-113

• Postage Stamp information Government Printer 114-115


• ½d Springbok RD Allen 116

• South African Post Office Tree Anon 117

• South African “No Cross Variety” Anon 117

• Philatelic books Anon 117

• Rags to riches and back again Anon 118-119




1964 Volume 12, Number 1 Whole No 67 • Marginal bars on the animal series Anon 4-6

• The marginal broken bars R McDougall 7-8

• This months thought Robson Lowe 8

• Catalogues Anon 8

• Shipping Postmaster marks RD Allen 9-11

• Flaws, design characteristics, and carbon tissue

Stretch on ½d un-hyphenated Roll R.9 R McDougal 12-13

• The society accounts PD Haigh 14

• Looking back (a review) WA Page 15-16

• The Republican Rolls RD Allen 17

• London meeting RD Allen 18-19

• Philatelic Bureau – South Africa RD Allen 19

• Query No. 1./1964 RD Allen 19



• Correction RD Allen 20



• Bridge & Kay - £100,000 loss Anon 34

• The Springbok – What are we worth? Harry Hayes 34

• Melbourne International Philatelic exhibition RD Allen 34

• Republic of South Africa – Intended issue Philatelic Bureau 34

• Subscriptions 1964 RD Allen 35

• Air mails – 1938 Special K.L.M. flight RD Allen 35



• The origin of the ½d Springbok and the 1d Ship designs AJ Brown 38-38B


• Handbook of Colour RD Allen 39



• South Africa Post Office information RD Allen 40

1964 Volume 12, Number 3 Whole No 69 • De la Rue Georgians (Colour) HE Lobdell 44-45

• Un-hyphenated Rotogravure 1/- value – Issue 1 & 2 R.J.L. 46-49

• Colour RD Allen 50-55

• Faked O.A.T. marks RD Allen 56


• London meetings WA Page 57-58

• Prefex Prefu 1964 Anon 59

• Society Library – an appeal R McDougal 59


• South African Post Office information SL Crozet 60




• The Half Crown Rotogravure un-hyphenated (2/6d) LH Twiss 75-76

• The cattle post. (The Post Office Guide 1910-1935. p33 Anon 76





• Meetings in London RD Allen 80

1964 Volume 12, Number 5 Whole No 71 • De la Rue Georgians of South Africa HE Lobdell 84-89

• Air accident cover Anon 89

• Philatelic successes Anon 90

• History of Tristan Da Cunha WA Connor 91

• Air Label Anon 91


• 6d hyphenated screened Issues 6 & 7 R McDougall 96-97

• Photographic proofs Anon 97

• South African Catalogues and Handbooks RDA/AJB/RJL 98-99

• New issue. 12th October 1964 Anon 99




• Essays, proofs and specimens Anon 105

• Bradbury Wilkinson printing of the 2d R McDougall 105-106

• Queries SACs members 107


• The Great Trek EB Dane 110-113

• The great Trek Philatelically LA Dudman 114-116

• The vow C Cilliers 116


• New printings Philatelic Bureau 117

• The Republic 2½ cents Definitive stamp JJ Mackay 118-119

• A new style British Philatelic Exhibition RD Allen 119





• PREPEX – PREFU 1964 (Social activities) CE Sherwood 4-9

• South Africa meter marks Anon 10

• Colour work (OFS Philatelic Magazine) AI MacKenzie 11

• Airmail at the First Scout, South African Scout Jamboree Anon 12

• London meetings WA Page 13-14

• Assistant Shipping Postmaster mark RD Allen 14

• Colour trials and Specimens CE Sherwood 15-17

• Should we be grateful? – No SPERATI Forgery Anon 18-19



1965 Volume 13, Number 2 Whole No 74 • A tribute to the late President RD Allen 23

• Editorial, a dilemma RD Allen 24


• South Africa’s Paquetbots Anon 29-33



• Society’s accounts P Haigh 36

• Correspondence SACS members 37 & 39

• Nurses 2½c Anon 38



• Post Office information RD Allen 40

1965 Volume 13, Number 3 Whole No 75 • De la Rue Georgians continued HE Lobdell 44-48

• The “Cloven Hoof” flaws R McDougall 49

• The Paquetbot marks of South Africa (Part 2) Anon 50-53

• Query SACS members 54

• Eleventh row flaws on the (small war effort) Heretic 55-57

• British Philatelic exhibition 1965 C Swain 57

• “Missing Red Cross” Anon 58





1965 Volume 13, Number 4 Whole No 76 • De la Rue Georgians continued HE Lobdell 64-65

• Post Office Bulletin number 51 RD Allen 65

• The De la Rue Georgian ½d issue EW Merriman 66-68


• Meter marks since decimalisation K Lydall 70-71

• What might have been CE Sherwood 72-73

• A Sassenach’s appreciation CE Sherwood 73

• Bantam 1½d War Effort Anon 74-76

• Members activities RD Allen 77

• The Ten Cent Emerald Anon 78-79




1965 Volume 13, Number 5 Whole No 77 • The Presidents letter RD Allen 81-82

• Post Office Bulletin number 55 RD Allen 82

• De la Rue Georgians HE Lobdell 84-86

• Harmers Bond Street Auctions RD Allen 87

• Some higher value varieties RJ Lawrence 88-89

• Proofs Essays and Colour Trials (continued) Anon 90-93

• Bantam 1½d War Effort SJ Hagger 94-95


• Christmas Stamps of South Africa Anon 98-99




• De la Rue Georgians HE Lobdell 104

• Extracts – Post Office progress report (1963-1964) RD Allen 105

• Query number 4 1965 WH Harding 106-107

• Retirements P.M.G. South Africa RD Allen 107


• Bantam War Efforts. 2d issues IV & Iva RJL 110-111

• A beginners look No. 1 KA Wald 112-113

• The inter-provincial stamps and postmarks of the

Union of South Africa RD Allen 113

• Entering upon the specialist trail (No. 1) Heretic 114-117

• The Pretoria Typo booklet B7 (Penny variety – broken cliché) RJL 118




1966 Volume 14, Number 1 Whole No 79 • De la Rue Georgians HE Lobdell 4-5

• Special Postmarks of South Africa Anon 6-8

• Eleventh row Bantam flaws SJ Hagger 8

• A beginners look No. 2 KA Wald 9-10

• Strike me pink or “Fings a’int what they used to be” RD Allen 11

• Derby Philatelic Society meeting JE Hodkinson 12

• Stamps of the month Gibbons Stamp Monthly 12

• Entering upon the specialist trail No. 2 Heretic 13-15

• Correspondence (War Effort) SACS members 15

• Travelling Post Offices – South Africa Philatelic Bureau 16-18

• ‘RAIL’ and ‘STATION’ Postmarks Anon 18


• Additional information, Vol. 13, 2 items RD Allen 19



• New Post Offices in South Africa SL Crozet 20

1966 Volume 14, Number 2 Whole No 80 • De la Rue Georgians HE Lobdell 24

• 1938 December Air Mail RD Allen 25



• More on the 1½d Bantam War Effort RJ Clayton 29

• Society Accounts PD Haigh 30

• Travelling Post Offices – South Africa - 2 Philatelic Bureau 31-32

• A beginners look No. 3 KA Wald 33

• Maritime marks – new information Anon 36

• SIPEX Anon 37

• History of Railway Letter Post G.P.O. Pretoria 37

• The Ship Penny on unwatermarked paper RD Allen 38


• Republican Handbook an amendment Anon 39



• Post Office information SL Crozet 40

1966 Volume 14, Number 3 Whole No 81 • A beginner’s look at the Huguenots KA Wald 44-45

• The Ten Cent Emerald Green Anon 45


• De la Rue Georgians of South Africa HE Lobdell 48

• Instant Philately Anon 49

• The Revenue Stamps of South Africa C Swain 50-52


• Small War Effort – Screens Heretic 54-55




1966 Volume 14, Number 3 -Continued Contents Author Page

• Meeting in London D.V.P. 59

• An auctioned item RD Allen 59



• Society Library RD Allen 60

1966 Volume 14, Number 4 Whole No 82 • De la Rue Georgians HE Lobdell 64-66

• Colour Registration between cylinders R McDougal 67


• Royal visit mark RD Allen 70

• Query No. 4 1965 Anon 71

• Important correction – auction item RD Allen 72

• Ship Penny – frame multi flaws Caeculus 72-74

• Travelling Post Offices Anon 75-77

• London meetings WA Page 78

• Christmas Mail – 1965- Bird Island RD Allen 79



• Literature RD Allen 80

• Republic of South Africa RD Allen 80

• London Pictorial 2d “Union Building” R McDougal i - xvi

1966 Volume 14, Number 5 Whole No 83 • Entering upon the specialist trail – the ½d P Haigh 84-87

• The societies constitution WA Page 87

• 10c Emerald Green RD Allen 87

• Paquetbot marks, addition RD Allen 88-89

• The Natal Settlers RD Allen 90

• London meetings 1966/67 RD Allen 90

• Looking to the future RD Allen 91

• Ship Penny, plates IX and X Anon 92-95


• The Tree of the Orange Free State HM Friede 98-99

• Post Office Bulletin No. 60, August 1966 Anon 99




• John H Wicks award RD Allen 107

• A very minor discovery Gordon Ward 108-109

• 1d Ship, Frame flaws of plate X Caeculus 110-116

• False or true Anon 117

• Tip of the month Anon 117

• The Silver Jubilee issue RD Allen 118






• Appreciation - DD Smythe RD Allen 5

• Origin of design of South Africa “Volkspele” Anon 6-7

• Postage stamp information Government printer 8-9


• 1d Ship, Frame flaws of plate X continued Caeculus 17

• London meeting (November) RDA / RJL 18-19


1967 Volume 15, Number 2 Whole No 86 • The Springbok ½d, Issue 15 – 22 A Sterckx 24-32

• Society accounts DV Parker 33

• T.P.O. marks GPO Archives 34-35


• Query 1, 1966 “Used copies of frameless or centreless

Roto stamps GN Gilbert 35

• Perforations old and new RD Allen 36

• Correspondence, 1½d, war bantams and medium mine

SACS members 37

• Aerogrammes Anon 38





1967 Volume 15, Number 3 Whole No 87 • The John Wicks Award, part 2 Anon 44

• Query No. 1, 1967, a probable answer SACS members 45-46

• Delacryl Anon 46

• All that glitters is not gold or not such a

merry Father Christmas RD Allen 47

• The specialist trail, One Penny, part 1 RD Allen 47

• Entering on the specialist trail, The 1d Van “Riebecks Ship” Heretic 48-50

• Ship Penny, the retouched sky on plate XX Caeculus 51-55

• S.A.C. / H. number 1 RD Allen 56-57

• Philatelic Bulletin number 63 RD Allen 57

• South Africa – Booklets RD Allen 58

• London meeting – 19/01/67, The 6d Orange Tree, a study RD Allen 59



1967 Volume 15, Number 4 Whole No 88 • Entering on the specialist trail, The 1d Ship part 2 Heretic 64

• Letter to Caeculus, 1d Ship Anon 65

• Republic 21/2 cents WE Lydall 66

• Received damaged by fire RD Allen 67


• Philatelic gleanings SA stamp study circle 68-70

• The 2d un-hyphenated Caeculus 71-77

• Programme London meeting RD Allen 78

• Royal Visit – Official frank RD Allen 78




1967 Volume 15, Number 5 Whole No 89 • The 2d bantam official RD Allen 84-86

• Entering on the specialist trail, The 1d Ship cont. Heretic 87-89

• The society’s continuation WA Page 90


• The 2d un-hyphenated Plate II Caeculus 91-96


• Reviews RD Allen 98

• Benzene versus Benzine R McDougall 99



1967 Volume 15, Number 6 Whole No 90 • Entering on the specialist trail, The 1d Ship cont. Heretic 104-105

• Baden Powell Centenary and 50 years of scouting RD Allen 105

• Correspondence – Royal Visit- Official frank TB Berry 106

• Royal Tour South Africa 1934 RD Allen 107

• A digression from philately RD Allen 108-109

• International Mail – Postage Due RD Allen 110

• The 2½c I.T.U., an observation RJ Clayton 110

• Mobile Post Office No. 3 WF Ovens 111

• Did you wonder what they are – errors of colour RD Allen 112-113

• Post Office Bulletins RD Allen 114

• Special Post marks of South Africa Anon 114

1967 Volume 15, Number 6 - Continued

Contents Author Page

• Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue, Queen Elizabeth II Anon 115

• ½d hyphenated issues 9 & 10 R.J.L. 116-117




1968 Volume 16, Number 1 Whole No 91 • Review of books, “South African Postmarks” RD Allen 4

• 2d Bantam Official overprint Anon 5

• Special Postmarks of South Africa Anon 6-8

• London meeting 0 May 1967 Anon 9

• John Wicks award (part 4) RD Allen 10

• 2d un-hyphenated plate II Caeculus 11-16


• Designer Aerial Post Stamp RD Allen 18




1968 Volume 16, Number 2 Whole No 92 • Entering on the specialist trail, - Officials SJ Hagger 24-26

• War Effort – Bantams, printing data RD Allen 27


• An appeal – Exhibition RD Allen 32


• Society accounts DV Parker 33

• 2d un-hyphenated plate II continued Caeculus 34-38




1968 Volume 16, Number 3 Whole No 93 • Normal but scarce Republican stamps JT Burrell 44

• 1930 Booklet RD Allen 45

• Entering on the specialist trail, - Officials Heretic 46-47

• Bantam War stamps Anon 48

• Corrections and additions RD Allen 49

• 2d Union Buildings – Plate II Caeculus 50-52

• ½ cent Republican Definitive WA Page 53-57


• Request for information RD Allen 59

• South Africa Post Office report extracts Anon 59



• Society notice RD Allen 60

• Postmarks – Egypt pre-paid, World War II Anon 60

1968 Volume 16, Number 4 Whole No 94 • ½cent Republican Definitive WA Page 64-67

• Stamps and the F.I.P. RD Allen 67

• Entering on the specialist trail, - Commemoratives Heretic 68-69

• The plating of the 2d Union Buildings – Plate III Caeculus 70-74

• Programme – London meeting 1968/1969 Anon 74

• Bantam War Issue – 2d cylinder No. 7 RD Allen 75

• Damaged letter by Aeroplane crash Dept Post & Telegraph 76

• The preamble of London meeting May 1968 RD Allen 77

• Paquetbot – Cape Town RD Allen 78-79

• Mobile Post Office RD Allen 79



1968 Volume 16, Number 5 Whole No 95 • Letters from “The old boys” & a “New lad” CE Sherwood 84-87

• Reproduction, monthly newsletter CE Sherwood 88-92

• Extra special meeting held in London WA Page 93-94

• New coil stamps RD Allen 94

1968 Volume 16, Number 5 – Continued Contents Author Page

• London meeting R McDougall 95

• International stamp exhibition RD Allen 95

• Conversion tables – Rand to Sterling and Sterling to Rand Anon 96

• A Philatelic enterprise Anon 97

• Abell cup results Anon 98

• The society’s constitution WA Page 99



1968 Volume 16, Number 6 Whole No 96 • Entering on the specialist trail, - Small War Effort Heretic 104-106

• Gum RD Allen 106

• Logical progression, 2d Bantam War Effort RD Allen 107-108

• Stamps are safer than money R.H Sunday Telegraph 109

• Illustrations, coil leaders etc Anon 110-111

• Replies – Chief publicity officer, South Africa Anon 111

• ½ cent Republican illustrations Anon 112-113

• Potted History RD Allen 114

• Queries, ½d Springbok & 1d Ship SACS members 115

• Illustrations RD Allen 116

• Reflections RD Allen 117

• The 2d Hyphenated – Plate III Caeculus 118-119



• Philatelic literature RD Allen 120

1969 Volume 17, Number 1 Whole No 97 • Entering upon the specialist trail Part IV Heretic 4-6

• 1929 Air mail stamps Anon 6

• ½ cent Republican coil stamps WA Page 7-10

• Meeting in London A Sterckx 11

• The Halfpenny Springbok, Two interior cylinders?? RJ Lawrence 12-14

• Basutoland Anon 15-19



1969 Volume 17, Number 2 Whole No 98 • 1968 Show Train RD Allen 24-28

• Society accounts PD Haigh 29


• 2d, Plating table, Plate III Anon 32-35

• Coil Stamps – 2c, 5c & 10c S.A. Stamp study circle 36

• Coil stamps – marginal markings RD Allen 37

• Air mail – Hand stamps RD Allen 38

• November meeting in London RD Allen 39



1969 Volume 17, Number 3 Whole No 99 • Screens Heretic 64

• Waste not – Want not, A study in economy A Sterckx 65

• South Africa No. 1 Anon 66

• Rara Libri Anon 67

• Philately excerpt – Feb 1969 Anon 68

• John Wicks award Anon 69

• The editors post bag RD Allen 70-71

• Philympia 1970 R.A.G Lee 72-73

• South African Post Office replies Publicity Officer 74

• Philatelic rarities Anon 75-76


• Members activities Anon 77

• The Springbok Halfpenny RD Allen 77




• Auction realisations – a footnote RD Allen 64-65

• Mobile Post Offices – additions Anon 65

• 2d unhyphenated – floater flaws etc Caeculus 66-67

• Letters Sherwood / Page 68-69

• John H Wicks – an appreciation RD Allen 70


• A Question from the chair RD Allen 71

• Government Printers Information Government Printer 73-84

• Philympia 1970 Anon 84

• Judging Anon 85-88

• Booklets – King George V Anon 89



1969 Volume 17, Number 5 Whole No 101 • Rustmarks – foxing RD Allen 94

• Judging – continuation Anon 95-96

• The Societies constitution WA Page 96

• Abell cup competition RD Allen 97

• Frame flaws of Plate 3, 2d. Continued from

Volume 17 No. 2, page 35 Anon 98-99

• Air Mail – Hand stamps Anon 99

• Auction realisations RD Allen 100

• Correspondence SACS Members 101

• London Meeting - February RD Allen 105

• Entering on the specialist trail – The animal set Heretio 106-107

• ½d Springbok – Issue 7 Anon 107-108

• Society Notice RD Allen 109



1969 Volume 17, Number 6 Whole No 102 • Philatelic Bulletin No. 681 RD Allen 114

• One Cent, Republic, Illustration RD Allen 115

• Registered envelopes RD Allen 116-117

• September meeting RD Allen 118-119

• Mobile Post Office No. 17 RD Allen 118

• Entering on the specialist trail, Animal set continued Heretio 120-122

• One Shilling “Diaersis” CE Sherwood 123-124

• The 2½c Heart transplant stamp Anon 125


• Review, South African airmails Anon 128-129

• Society gossip RD Allen 129



1970 Volume 18, Number 1 Whole No 103 • 2d unhyphenated booklets Caeculus 4-8

• Question from the chair RD Allen 9

• Air LETTER CARDS – Christmas – free postage RD Allen 10-11

• The Philatelic Library in Munich RD Allen 12-13

• The November London meeting RD Allen 14-15

• Foxing Anon 16

• ZAR 100 CE Sherwood 17-19

• The Revenue Stamp story CE Sherwood 19



1970 Volume 18, Number 2 Whole No 104 • The ½d Springbok, issue 22 A Sterokx 24-31

• London meeting December 1969 RD Allen 32

• Arrows – recent information CE Sherwood 32

• Tip of the month (Commonwealth Courier) RD Allen 33

• Apologia RD Allen 33

• 2d booklets RD Allen 33


• RSA catalogue (1st edition) RD Allen 34

• Illustration – 2d building booklets RD Allen 35-36

• Registered envelopes PM de Paris 37

• The 1910 2½d – “W. E. Fyndem” WE Fyndem 37-38

• Republican – definitive issues Anon 38

• Society accounts PD Haigh / RE Mason 39



1970 Volume 18, Number 3 Whole No 105 • 2d unhyphenated booklet, plating Anon 44-47

• Ship Penny, genealogy of (illustration) P Haigh 48-49

• Photo proofs Philatelic Bureau 50-51

• London meeting – February RD Allen 52

• Visit to Lewisham RD Allen 53

• South Africa, Air Labels DB Wale 54-55

• The ½d Springbok, issue 7, illustration Anon 56

• International Stamp Exhibition – RSA 10 Anon 57

• Preserving Postage Stamps R Fellows 58-59

• Membership information Society members 60


1970 Volume 18, Number 4 Whole No 106 • The ½d Springbok, issue 21. cylinder flaws AJ Sterokx 64-73

• Correspondence RD Allen 74

• London meeting, January & April 1970 RD Allen 75

• Through the magnifying glass J Watson 75

• Correspondence Society members 76

• Preserving rare Postage Stamps R Fellows 77-79


• Philatelic Gleanings RD Allen 80

1970 Volume 18, Number 5 Whole No 107 • 2d Booklet –unhyphenated Anon 84

• Preserving rare Postage Stamps R Fellows 85-87


• March meetings, London RD Allen 88-89

• Who, What, Why, When and Wherefore RD Allen 90


• Have you the answer? RD Allen 92-96

• Society Notice & Society Constitution WA Page 97

• Auction 1st August 1970 RD Allen 98

• Wanted Anon 98

• Catalogues and prices on offer RD Allen 98-99



1970 Volume 18, Number 6 Whole No 108 • The Dragon variety, new information RJ Lawrence 104-108

• Post Office annual report 1968-69 Anon 108-109

• Phylimpia 1970 RD Allen 109-112

• Post Office exhibition RD Allen 113

• London meeting September 1970 RD Allen 114

• What the HR Harmer auctions tell us HR Harmer 115

• London meeting October 1970 RD Allen 116-117

• Correspondence – London Pictorials Society members 117-119



1971 Volume 19, Number 1 Whole No 109 • 2d unhyphenated Rolls Caeculus 4-8

• London meeting November 1970 RJL 9

• Government Printers information Government Printer 10-15

• Transposition of panes on current 1/2 cent definitive RB Cronwright 16-19

• Society information RD Allen 19

• Membership information & Philatelic gleanings RD Allen 20

1971 Volume 19, Number 2 Whole No 110


• 2d Booklet, listing Anon 24-29


• Society Account RE Mason 34

• Additional Special Postmarks of South Africa Anon 35

• Exchange Packet report RP Jones 36-37


• London meeting, final for 1970 RD Allen 38

• Correspondence, query medium 1½d Gold Mine Society members 39



1971 Volume 19, Number 3 Whole No 111 • London meeting RD Allen 44-45

• The Wicks Medal R McDougal 45

• London Pictorial 2d “Union Buildings” R McDougal 46-49


• Resignation, Hon Treasurer RD Allen 56

• Postal Auctions RD Allen 56

• Auction realisation corrections RD Allen 56

• RSA 10 Anon 57

• Points from a London meeting RD Allen 58

• Hon Secretary RD Allen 58

• Stampex 1971 RD Allen 59



1971 Volume 19, Number 4 Whole No 112 • Conversion table – Decimal coinage Anon 64


• London meeting March 1971 RD Allen 66-67

• Prices now and then Anon 68-69

• Review of a new publication Anon 69

• London meeting April 1971 RD Allen 70-71


• Final meeting of the 1970/71 season RD Allen 76

• Post Office Annual report 1969-70 Post Office 77

• An urgent appeal RD Allen 77

• Philatelic hints and tips RD Allen 78-79



1971 Volume 19, Number 5 Whole No 113 • 2d Union Building, issues 5 to 13 PD Haigh 84-87

• Results of request for information RD Allen 88-91

• Watermarks on South African Stamps Anon 91

• Multipositive flaws on plates VIII to XI Caeculus 92

• R.S.A. 10 RD Allen 93

• Query 2 to 6, 1971 Society members 93-94

• Southern Africa versus South Africa Anon 95-96

• Society’s Constitution WA Page 97





• Ship Penny Caeculus 108-109


• What of the future RD Allen 114-115

• Postmarks of South Africa RD Allen 115

• Postmark – Showground at Bloemfontein A J Brown 115

• New Printings RD Allen 116

• Coil leaders – new type Anon 116

• Would be writers RD Allen 117

• Query No. 7 1971 Anon 117


• Maritime mail Anon 118

• Courtesy RD Allen 119




• Phosphor definitives, a listing RW Turner 8

• London meeting September RD Allen 9

• Press release – Special notifications Anon 10-11

• Postage Due stamps, their demise in sight RD Allen 12

• Underfranking of overseas airmail Publicity Services 13


• Society Postal Auctions Anon 18

• Forgeries of the 1925 Air Mail stamps of S.A. Anon 19




• Auction realisations Anon 28-29



• New Printings ordered Anon 32

• London meeting November 1971 RD Allen 33

• Society Accounts RE Mason 34

• British International Exhibition 1971 RD Allen 35


• Philatelic bulletin Anon 36-37

• Postmark – Kestell AJ Brown 39

• New airmail label or Ettiquette RD Allen 39



• London meeting October 1971 RD Allen 48-51

• Illustrations of forthcoming new issues Anon 52

• Notice Anon 52

• The Stirling / Rand exchange rate Anon 53

• Coulour changlings RD Allen 54-55

• Supplement-Republican amendment RD Allen 55

• Postal stationary – Postcards RD Allen 56

• Query No. 2, 1971 – an answer RD Allen 56

• The financial position of the society RD Allen 57


• Stop Press, new printings ordered Anon 59




• Society notice WA Page 67

• The ultra violet lamp AS Gibbard 68

• Some new essays RD Allen 69-71

• Gibbons gallery Anon 71

• The Royal Philatelic Society, London Anon 71



• London meeting, January 1972 RD Allen 75

• Damaged by seawater Anon 76

• Program 1972 RD Allen 77

• Puzzle corner RD Allen 77

• London meeting February 1972 RDA & RJL 78-79

• Society Postal Auction Realisation RD Allen 79



• 2d Union Building, issues 5 to 13 PD Haigh 84-86

• London meeting April 1972 RD Allen 87


• Realisations of Auction 72/2 May 1st 1972 RD Allen 88

• Twenty five years old CE Sherwood 89

• Auctions of South African material held in London RD Allen 90

• Correction page 77 RD Allen 90

• Stampex 1972 Anon 91

• Stanley Gibbons colour key RD Allen 92-93


• Mobile post offices Anon 94

• The Society’s Constitution WA Page 95





• Final meeting of 1971-72 season RD Allen 107

• A clean sweep Anon 107

• London meeting March 1972 RD Allen 108

• Exchange packets RD Allen 108-109

• Essays, a problem RD Allen 110-111

• Auction realisations RD Allen 111-112

• Postal marking Anon 113

• Screens - 1½d Medium Mine RD Allen 114-116





1973 Volume 21, Number 1 Whole No 121 • Officials – Addendum RJL & RDA 4-5

• 2d Union Buildings, Group II, Issue 4 RD Allen 5

• Surprise! Surprise! RD Allen 6

• The effect of rising costs in subscriptions RD Allen 6-7

• Review – Experts directory RD Allen 7

• The Wunsh Gold Medal Auction at Harmer’s of London Anon 8

• Stamp mounts RD Allen 9

• The E.S.C. Lauder sale at Stanley Gibbons of London RD Allen 10


• The 1 ½d Medium Mine stamps Heretio 12-13

• London meeting October 1972 RD Allen 13

• H.R.Harmer auction realisations Anon 14

• Goebel’s 840 Printing machine Philatelic Services 15




1973 Volume 21, Number 2 Whole No 122 • Groot Schuur 3d. Cylinder 17 RD Allen 22-27

• Screen measurement of the Rotogravure Printing N Dorn 28-29

• Society Accounts Hon Auditor 30

• Exhibition notes RD Allen 31

• London meeting December RD Allen 31-32

• Apoligia RD Allen 32

• To newer collectors and others Anon 33

• Society information RD Allen 34

• A matter of some importance Vice President 34

1973 Volume 21, Number 3 Whole No 123 • Government Printers information Government Printer 38-39

• Ship Penny - Plate XI Anon 40-41

• Postage Due Markings RD Alllen 41-43




• Registration envelopes Anon 46-47



1973 Volume 21, Number 4 Whole No 124 • Government Printers information Government Printer 52-53

• R.S.A. voyages Anon 52-53

• Society Exhibition 1973 Anon 54

• Interprovincials Anon 54-55

• Postmaster Generals report for 1971/1972 Anon 55

• Active Service letter cards - SAC/H MAL 1 to 10 Anon 55

• Postage stamp restoration R Fellows 58-59

• Correspondence – Harrison Essays – Caduceus Watermark JL Shaw 59-60

• Stampex 1973 Anon 60

• London meeting February 1973 Anon 61-60

• Thoughts on the 1973 exhibition JL Shaw 62-63



1973 Volume 21, Number 5 Whole No 125 • Postage stamp restoration, final part R Fellows 68-71


• The 1½d Medium (Mystery) Mine SJ Hagger 72-73

• Animal series – An appeal RD Allen 73

• Union Buildings 2d Bantam issue Anon 74

• Republican Postal Stationary RD Allen 75

• Information Please? Anon 75

• The Drakensberg flaws Anon 76

• Another aspect of collecting Union stamps Quis Seperabit 77

• London meeting May 1973 RD Allen 78

• Society Constitution WA Page 79



1973 Volume 21, Number 6 Whole No 126 • 2d Hyphenated Issue 4 R McDougal 84-88

• New printings ordered Anon 85

• Australian members – notice re Stanley Gibbons Anon 85

• Internal aerogrammes of South Africa Anon 89

• Enlarged illustrations for sale Anon 89

• More Maritime marks found on S. African covers RD Allen 90

• Inscriptions left by early European Navigators RD Allen 91

• United Nations Commemorative stamp for Namibia Anon 91

• Early first day covers Anon 92

• NAPex 1973 RD Allen 92

• London meeting January 1973 RD Allen 93

• Great Expectations Not Charles Dickens 94

• Correspondence re Great Expectations RD Allen 95



1974 Volume 22, Number 1 Whole No 127 • 2d Union Building, Issue 5 to 13. Plating Study PD Haigh 4-9

• Essays RD Allen 10-11

• British Philatelic Exhibition 73 Anon 12

• Hotspots R MaDougal 12

• My husband the Philatelist Anon 13

• World War II – Hotels / Naval Barrocks Anon 13

• Question time Anon 14

• The Animal series Booklets RD Allen 14

• H.R. Harmers auction realisations Anon 15




• 2d Union Building, Issue 5 to 13 PD Haigh 22-27

• Ship Penny – Hyphenate imperforate RD Allen 28

• The De La Rue archive removal Anon 28

• News from some of our USA members Anon 28

• A Georgian query Anon 28-29

• Arrows – the mystery 11/2d. Medium Mine Anon 29

• Aerogrammes a query RD Allen 29-30

• Harrison Essays – Caduceus Watermark RD Allen 30


• The Animal series 1954 – 61 FPN Dyer 32-35



1974 Volume 22, Number 3 Whole No 129 • 2d Union Building, Issue 5 to 13 PD Haigh 40-45

• The Animal series 1954 – 61 FPN Dyer 46-49

• Shipping, Postmaster marks RD Allen 50

• Napex 73 – A sequel Anon 50


• Mossel Bay Flights of 1925 RD Allen 51

• London meeting February 1974 RD Allen 51




1974 Volume 22, Number 4 Whole No 130 • 2d Union Building, Issue 5 to 13 (continuation) PD Haigh 60-65

• The Animal series 1954 – 61 (Concluded) FPN Dyer 66-68

• Georgian Booklets Anon 69-71


• Republican new Definitive series of postage stamps RD Allen 72-73

• Capetown Paquebot postmarks on 1929 Air Covers Anon 73




• Society’s subscription notice and Constitution WA Page 79

• O.A.T. Anon 80

• Groote Schuur 3d Hyphenated, Issue 5 R MaDougal 81-83

• Correspondence, WW II location of units information Society members 84-85

• London meeting March 1974. (Small War Efforts) RD Allen 86

• Georgian Booklets, probable amendment RD Allen 87

• London meeting April 1974 RD Allen 87




1974 Volume 22, Number 6 Whole No 132 • Republican Registered Envelopes RB Cronwright 96-100

• Correspondence, Unusual markings – Maritime cover Society members 101

• Postal Stones of South Africa, potted history HE Soonike 102-106

• The Republican catalogue, supply of Supplementary pages RD Allen 107

• Correspondence, query re Letter Card Society members 107



1975 Volume 23, Number 1 Whole No 133 • Postal Stones (Conclusion) HE Soonike 4-7

• A suggestion from the President RD Allen 7

• King George V Definitives Anon 7

• Postal Stationary – Empire Exhibition 1936 RD Allen 8

• Benzine v Benzene v Cyclohexane Anon 8

• The official FD Covers (Republican) Anon 9

• Durban mobile Post Office closed Anon 9



• Publisher seeks Philatelic Manuscripts Anon 11

• Decimal series FPN Dyer 12-13

• Fire in a mail bus – 6/2/73 R McDougal 14

• Auction realisations HR Harmer Ltd HR Harmer 14






• Decimal series (continuation) FPN Dyer 26-28

• Society accounts RE Mason 29

• Correspondence, Officials Society members 30

• Recapitulation Anon 30-31

• London meeting December 1975 Anon 32


• Extracts from Post Office Bulletin Anon 33

• Review – R.S.A. Postage Stamp Catalogue 1975 RD Allen 33




• Animal Series, Extracts from South African Philatelist Anon 44-46

• Report re accounts Vice President 47

• Reply - KDV 4d. Inverted watermarks Anon 47

• Postal Stones, offer of published information RD Allen 47

• Stampex 1975 report Anon 48-49

• Royal visit 1947, the postmarks etc RD Allen 49





• Extracts from SA Philatelist re Animal definitives Anon 56-58

• Air Force & Military Locations in the Union of S.A. in WWII AJ Brown 59-60

• Invitation to the Society to exhibit in WESTPEX 1978 USA RD Allen 61

• Invitation to Cheese & Wine party – South African Embassy RD Allen 61-62

• London part meeting May 1975Booklets SAC/H B.1-3 May Anon 62

• London meeting February 1975 RD Allen 63


• Exchange booklets Would be buyer 65

• 1925 Air Mail Stamps – Forgeries thereof Anon 65



1975 Volume 23, Number 5 Whole No 137 • R J Lawrence Anon 68

• Baines miniature sheets RD Allen 68

• South West Africa Anon 69

• Draughtsman required Anon 69

• Review Aerophilatelic price list Anon 69

• S.A. Duplicate second mail. World War I item Anon 70

• 2d Union Building, Issue 5 to 13 (continuation) PD Haigh 70-71

• Query reply, gumming of early sheets Anon 72

• Unofficial aerogramme – Additional information RD Allen 72

• Correspondence - earlier notices – search for Society members 73-74

• Query K.G.V. Vignettes Anon 74

• The back pages of a catalogue Anon 75

• Annual report P.M.G. South Africa, extracts Anon 76

• Lighter vein RJ Cowan 77-78

• The African Pioneer Corps Anon 78

• The Society’s constitution WA Page 79


• The Post Office Bulletin 73 Anon 79



1975 Volume 23, Number 6 Whole No 138 • 2d Union Building, Issue 5 to 12 (continuation) PD Haigh 84

• Dilemma Anon 85-86

• Home security Anon 86-87

• Airmail propaganda cards Anon 88

• London meeting May 1975 Anon 88-89

• Len van de Kar’s Airmails on show at the Royal J Shaw 90-91


• R J Lawrence – further tribute CE Sherwood 98



• Auction in Johannesburg of Stanley Gibbons Ltd Anon 8-9

• Forgeries of the 1925 Air Mail stamps Anon 10-13




• Correction – Printers error RD Allen 16

1976 Volume 24, Number 2 Whole No 140 • 2d Union Building, (continuation) PD Haigh 20-23

• R.S.A. Definitive Issue 1961-74 missing phosphor bands LH Twiss 24-25

• Society notices Fincham / Page 26


• Realisations Harmers London Auction RD Allen 28

• The price of some early South Africa RD Allen 29


• Postal History Exhibits - New regulations Anon 32



• Eyes to see and yet see not RD Allen 35



1976 Volume 24, Number 3 Whole No 141 • Problems on the editorial front, Part II RD Allen 40-41

• A beginners adventures with Springboks,

a reprint from Volume II Anon 42-44

• Book review, HO Reiseners, postmarks etc RD Allen 45

• 1978 Exhibition in the United States RD Allen 46

• An aerophilatelic history lesson Anon 47

• Government Printers information Government Printer 47a-47d

• The interprovintial stamps of Basutoland and Swaziland P Cattell 48-51

• Roll / Coil leaders Anon 52-55



1976 Volume 24, Number 4 Whole No 142 • Some items shown in London January meeting Anon 60

• Wishful thinking Anon 60

• Illustrations re London meeting Anon 61-63

• Silver Jubilee varieties Anon 64-65

• 1968 Show Train Anon 66

• South African War Train 1941 Anon 66

• British Philatelic Exhibition (one cover special interest) Anon 67

• January 1976 meeting J Shaw 68-69

• World War II (Location of the forces etc) RD Allen 70-71

• 2d Hyphenated Vignette flaws – Afrikaans – Constitution PD Haigh 72-75





• The 1954 Essays, illustrations etc Postmaster General 80-82

• History of the Postage Due marks WK Elias 83-85

• 2d Hyphenated Vignette flaws – Africaans – Constitution PD Haigh 86-89

• Holiday in South Africa Anon 90

• Rules for competitors – BPE 1976 Anon 90

• The society philatelic literature auction Anon 90

• S.G.’s sale No. 2 in Johannesburg RD Allen 91-92

• Gremlins and things that go bang in the night Anon 92

• Society Library Anon 93-94



• Exchange packets – both types RD Allen 96

1976 Volume 24, Number 6 Whole No 144 • Illustration - Interphil card Anon 100

• 2d Hyphenated Vignette PD Haigh 101-103


• Comradeship in collecting SHIP Pennies Anon 105

• A collecting idiosyncrasy Anon 106

• Exchange copies with other magazines Anon 107

• SHIP penny appeal for article Anon 107

• Unions used abroad – Bechuanaland, SAC/H page 388 Anon 108-109

• Report – our PHILATELIC LITERATURE auction RD Allen 109

• How do you record your collection? Anon 100


• Book review – Arctic and Antarctic RD Allen 111



1977 Volume 25, Number 1 Whole No 145 • 2d Hyphenated, Issue 5-13. Vignette flaws etc PD Haigh 4-7

• HAFNIA card illustration Anon 7


• Entering on the specialist trail 2nd series, Republican Issues Heritic 10-12

• Illustration of 1d SHIP, London printing flaw Anon 12


• A matter of opinion – Durban PAQUETBOT mark Anon 14-16

• Presidential snippets Anon 16-17

• Review, South West Africa information gatherer RD Allen 17

• Correspondence – missing phosphor band – Proofs Society members 18-19



1977 Volume 25, Number 2 Whole No 146 • 2d Hyphenated, Issue 5-13. continuation PD Haigh 24-27

• London meeting November RD Allen 28

• Mobile post offices Anon 28

• Have you given it thought RD Allen 29

• Silver Jubilee Issue, introduction for beginners T Hall 30-33

• Entering on the specialist trail Heritic 34-35

• Government Printers information Government Printer 36

• Correspondence- World War II – Roll leaders – BI booklet Society members 38-39




• 1½c Afrikander Bull Heretic 48-49

• The “S” Mark upon Envelopes / Cards Anon 50-51

• Forgeries of the 1925 Air Mail stamps Patrick Williams 51

• Additions to Dr Reisener’s book on Postmarks Anon 52-53

• Bob McDougall’s sale at Harmers Anon 53



• Book review – Thematic “Medicine Told By Stamps” RD Allen 55-56


• Bechuanaland – used abroads Anon 57




• Government Printers information Government Printer 67a-67b

• Ship Penney, specialisation trail Heritic 68-70

• Monocoloured Coils RD Allen 70

• Military locations Anon 71-72

• London meeting December RD Allen 73

• The spiderless cobweb or is it Anon 73

• Entering on the specialist trail, 2nd series, Republican issues Heritic 74-76

• Halfpenny, Pretoria printing Anon 76

• Stampex 77 Anon 77-78

• Correspondence and its result Anon 79

• The Republican Third Definitive Series Dr HR Raubenheimer 80-81



1977 Volume 25, Number 5 Whole No 149 • 2d Hyphenated, Issue 5-13. continuation PD Haigh 84


• Annual report of P.M.G. of R.S.A. 1975/76 Anon 90

• Who is it RD Allen 91

• The Society Constitution WA Page 92


• Auction realisations – HR Harmers Anon 94

• Transvaal Supreme Court – Commemorative Dr HR Raubenheimer 95-96

• Papers – Swiss v Harrison – Identification of Anon 96

• Maritime Marks – Paquetbot Anon 96

• Auctioneers estimated prices RD Allen 97


• To sell or not to sell v To buy or not to buy Anon 99

• South African Budget for 1977/78 JM Weinstein 99

• Auction realisations – Bridger & Kay RD Allen 99a

• My postbag, a very unusual item Anon 99a

• Book review – Paquetbot Cancellations of the World RD Allen 99b

• South African Budget for 1977/78, editorial comments Anon 99b


1977 Volume 25, Number 6 Whole No 150 • 2d Hyphenated, Issue 5-13, continuation PD Haigh 104-107


• South West Africa M Eichele 112-115

• Enquiry and reply Anon 116-117

• Is it worth it Anon 117

• A letter from the auctioneer Bill Fincham 118-119

• Auctioneers sale results 76/2 Bill Fincham 119



1978 Volume 26, Number 1 Whole No 151 • Marion Island –26th August 1948 v August 26th 1948 RD Allen 4-6

• Exchange packets – appeal for booklets RD Allen 7

• The Printer’s devil working overtime Anon 8-9

• Robson Lowe auction in Johannesburg, 24th June 1977 RD Allen 10-11

• Entering on the specialist trail, 2nd series, Republican issues Heritic 11


• Information please, an appeal RD Allen 14

• Has enough been “Z”, Part II Anon 15

• Interprovincial Postage Stamps Anon 16

• Visitors and Chit Chat Anon 17

• Auction realisation 77/1 Anon 18

• New London meeting place WA Page 19


• Air Mail forgeries Anon 19

• K.G.V. Booklet Pane of six Anon 19



1978 Volume 26, Number 2 Whole No 152 • The specialist trail, 2nd series, Republican issues Heritic 24-25

• Capital gains tax and the UK stamp collector Anon 26-29

• The Pretoria printings of ½d Anon 29

• Some snippets Anon 29

• Pretoria marginal markings on the ½d Anon 30-31

• Postage Due – Unusual implication Anon 32

• Putting the Springbok to bed Anon 33-34

• Correspondence, Silver Jubilee, 3d Coronation Society members 35-36

• Book review, Post Marks of South West Africa RD Allen 38

• The purchase of complete sheets RD Allen 38-39

• How good a Philatelist are you Anon 39



1978 Volume 26, Number 3 Whole No 153 • The Bantam 1½d, War Effort story / saga Anon 44-50

• Auction realisations at Harmers Anon 51

• London meeting Anon 52-53

• The S.A. Advertisement Booklet (B10) & J.I.P.E.X. sheets RP Jones 54-58

• Modern Aerogrammes – sizes RD Allen 59

• An unusual cover RD Allen 59



1978 Volume 26, Number 4 Whole No 154 • Missing phosphor marks on the 2 cent LH Twiss 64-67

• The S.A. Advertisement Booklet (B10) & J.I.P.E.X. sheets RP Jones 68-71

• Would you believe it RD Allen 71

• The specialist trail, 2nd series, Republican issues Heritic 72-73

• Correspondence, 20c Secretary Bird Stamp Society members 73


• Can you find it RD Allen 76

• More about the Springbok Halfpenny Anon 76-77

• Durban – World War II Paquetbot Anon 77



1978 Volume 26, Number 5 Whole No 155 • The London Printings RD Allen 82-87

• Postcards 1931 to 1941 series RD Allen 88


• London meeting in February RD Allen 90

• London meeting in March Anon 91

• Judgement in Philately RD Allen 92

• Identification of Booklet Covers Anon 93



• Society Constitution WA Page 97

• A Book review – Egypt Postage Prepaid Military

Datestamps 1941-47 RD Allen 98

• Auction realisations Auction 78/1 Anon 99



1978 Volume 26, Number 6 Whole No 156 • Salvaged Mail from Air crash of 1931 RD Allen 104

• Insurance – A private warning RD Allen 105

• Postmarks and their dates Anon 105

• Mobile Post Office Anon 105

• Book review – Philatelic terms illustrated RD Allen 106


• 1½d Large Gold Mine Stamp RD Allen 106

• A problem for you to solve RD Allen 107

• Robson Lowe – Annual Sales Figures Anon 107

• Groote Schuur 3d SAC/H 48Ba or SG 117b RD Allen 108

• Mobile Post Office RD Allen 109

• The 1948 Postal Slogan Booklet Anon 109

• More about the booklets – The Final Issue RD Allen 110

• Rand catalogue for 77 Exhibition RD Allen 110

• Society Notice – “Covers Packets” WA Page 111


• Postmark – Kestell CP Ravilious 114-115


• An appreciation of AE Wilkinson RD Allen 117

• Philatelic Literature RD Allen 118

• Dr Reisener’s book, Postmarks etc RD Allen 118

• S.G in South Africa Anon 119



1979 Volume 27, Number 1 Whole No 157 • London meeting September 1978 Anon 4

• Philatelic Services – Issue of Bulletins to membership Anon 5

• Did you read it RD Allen 6

• Housecleaning Anon 7

• Identification of Booklets Anon 8-9


• Canadian Auction results Anon 14

• Research – S.O.S. **Help ** Assistance Please RD Allen 15


• Search your Postmarks RD Allen 17

• Proofs 1½d Mine, Large and medium sizes JNP 18

• Identification 3d Groote Schuur RD Allen 18-19



1979 Volume 27, Number 2 Whole No 158 • The Border Post Anon 24-28

• London meeting October 1978 – Coils and Booklets Anon 29

• Perkins Bacon & Co Ltd – Essays JNP 30-31

• The Extra “T” Paquetbot Mark RD Allen 32

• Hints to collectors No.1 & 2 CN Allen 33

• Harmers Auction realisations Anon 34

• Display at Lincoln JLS 35

• Ultra – Violet Photography Anon 36-37

• An easier way to tell – 4d Native Kraal TR Brownrigg 38-39


1979 Volume 27, Number 3 Whole No 159 • The Border Post, continuation Anon 44-48

• JIPEX another look J Koch 49

• Hints to collectors No. 3 & 4 CN Allen 50

• Postage Due markings Anon 51

• Easier identification No. 3 TR Brownrigg 52

• Marion Island RD Allen 53-54





• Harry Heyes Philatelic Literature Auctions Anon 58

• Schubert’s unfinished Symphony v Republican catalogue RD Allen 59



• The Border Post, continuation Anon 64-65

• Hints to collectors No. 5 CN Allen 66-67

• Mobile Post Office No. 8 Somerset West Anon 67

• Analytical subject index to the Springbok Anon 68

• Postmark Anon 68

• An easier way to tell, the 2/6d Oxwagon RW Brownrigg 69

• Copyright Authority, South Africa Granted Government Printer 70

• Postage stamp printing Anon 71

• The Burfresco Filocator: A consumer viewpoint CP Ravilious 72-73

• Correspondence Society members 73-74

• Annual report of P.M.G. of R.S.A. 1977/78 Postmaster general 75

• Copyright in Philatelic journalism CP Ravilious 76-77


• A Philatelic Safari to the land of the Springbok R Sandford & K v Ingen 80-84

• DISA Awards Anon 85



• Copyright in Philatelic journalism continuation CP Ravilious 92-93


• Exhibitions (?) Anon 95

• Correspondence, 3d Groote Schuur, , Arrow blocks of

½d Springboks and 1d Ships Society members 96

• Airgraphs and House cleaning RD Allen 97

• South African Booklets 1948 Anon 98-99

• Entering upon the Specialist trail – Commemoratives

Republican Series Discipulus 100

• 50th Anniversary of South African Aerial Post Anon 101

• Themes enlarged No. 1 – Capetown Castle TH Brownrigg 102-103

• London 1980 International Stamp Exhibition Anon 104

• Harmers South African sale, 10th January 1979 Anon 105

• A short history of the Penny Typographed Ship Stamp R Sandford & K v Ingen 106-111


• Philatelic News RD Allen 112



Republican Series, Part II Discipulus 120-123

• Philatelic Literature Auction, Harry Heyes

• No. 66 October 1978 Anon 123

• London meeting April 1979 CPR 124

• What do you know Anon 124

• Die Proof postcard Anon 125

• Have you noticed Anon 125

• A short history of the Penny Typographed Ship Stamp

continuation R Sandford & K v Ingen 126-128

• Book review – Postal Slogans SJ Vermaak 129

• London meeting February 1979 – Slogans Anon 129

• Catalogue review – The South African Stamp Colour

Catalogue RD Allen 130

• A Philatelic Safari to the land of the Springbok

continuation and correction R Sandford & K v Ingen 131

• New Catalogue review “Stamps of South Africa - 1979” RD Allen 132


• Philatelic News RD Allen 136

1980 Volume 28, Number 1 Whole No 163 • Society Notices WA Page 2a

• New perforating heads in use Natie Becker 2b

• Missing phosphor lines – 2c RSA tete-beche watermark LH Twiss 4-5

• Philatelic Gleanings RD Allen 6-7

• Waterlow & Sons –Original Printing contract, reproduction Anon 7-9

• Can you supply the answer? CE Sherwood 10





• Themes enlarged – The Trek (ox wagon) Anon 15-17

• Modern registered envelopes – description of Anon 18-19

• London meeting – September RD Allen 19


• Society Notice – Exhibition 1980 WA Page 20

1980 Volume 28, Number 2 Whole No 164 • South African Mobile Post Offices WA Page 24-26

• Correspondence - Themes enlarged No. 1 – A Discussion Society members 27-29

• Issues for 1980 for the Republic for 1980 Anon 30

• London meeting – October 1979 JL Shaw 31

• Exhibition 25th October 1980 & Society Notices WA Page 32-33

• Themes enlarged – Voortrekker Monument TH Brownrigg 34-35

• Report BPE 1979 RD Allen 36-37

• Venda Anon 38

• K.G.V. with “War Tax” overprinted JLS & RDA 39


• Analytical index to the Springbok JLS 40

1980 Volume 28, Number 3 Whole No 165 • Mobile Post Offices continuation WA Page 44-45

• Salvaged airmail information Anon 45

• Mobile Post Office illustrations Anon 46

• Postage Due SAC/H D4 Illustration of varieties Anon 47

• 50th Anniversary of Volkspeile – Folk Dancing in SA Anon 48-49

• Revenue stamps – Variety on 1½c RG Myers 49

• The Zulu war commemoratives CP Ravilious 50-54

• Letter re London Printings from official source RD Allen 55



• A catalogue of South African Revenue Stamps Bill Fincham 61

• Membership information & An appeal – very urgent RD Allen 62

1980 Volume 28, Number 4 Whole No 166 • London meeting February 1980 – Border Mail WA Page 66

• Correspondence correction from author RD Allen 66

• Notes on high values of K.G.V.’s RD Allen 67

• Assistance required RD Allen 68

• London meeting March 1980 RD Allen 68-69

• The unhyphenated 1d stamp (One Penny Ship) EW Merriman 70-73



• Review about SWA Postmarks Tony Chilton 77

• Harmers of London – Auctions Anon 78

• Correspondence – Imperforate Ship Penny Society members 79

• Maritime Mail - 2 items RD Allen 80

• Suggested correction – New reprinted catalogue Anon 81


• Our Exhibition RD Allen 82

1980 Volume 28, Number 5 Whole No 167 • The unhyphenated 1d stamp flaws (One Penny Ship) EW Merriman 86-89


• Illustrations – reproduction of Anon 91


• Themes enlarged – Bleriot Monoplane & Boeing Jet TH Brownrigg 94-95

• An open letter to the Philatelic Federation of

Southern Africa RD Allen 96

• Abell Cup Competition Anon 96

• Republican catalogue – Suggested amendments Anon 97-99

• Maritime Mail – S.A.N.A.R. Anon 100-101

• Membership information & Our Exhibition RD Allen 102



• The unhyphenated 1d stamp flaws (One Penny Ship) EW Merriman 106-109

• Mobile Post Offices WA Page 110-111


• Harmers of London – British Africa Auction realisations Anon 114-115

• Advertisement about South African stamps in the USA RD Allen 115

• Annual report of the P.M.G. of South Africa 1978/79 Anon 116

• Correspondence – Visit by members to Shoeburyness Don Tod 117

• Themes Enlarged – The Centenary of S. African Railways TR Brownrigg 118-119

• Postmarks – Some newer ones Anon 120

• Dates upon stamps – Revenues of South Africa RD Allen 121

• Analytical index to “The Springbok” volume 28 RD Allen 122-125


1981 Volume 29, Number 1 Whole No 169 • The unhyphenated 1d stamp flaws continued EW Merriman 4-7

• Military Mail – a query RD Allen 8

• Stephen Mayer International Ltd - statement of fact Stephen Mayer 9

• Correspondence – Exhibition 1980 Society members 10-11

• What of the future – more so of 1981 Anon 12

• The British Philatelic Exhibition 1980 Anon 12

• New Issues for 1981 Anon 13

• Mobile Post Offices A Page 14-15

• Themes enlarged “Groot Constantia” TR Brownrigg 16-17




• Railway themes – its postmarks RD Allen 28

• Revenue stamps of South Africa – a correction Anon 28

• Entering upon the specialist trail, Commemoratives Discipulus 29-32

• Catalogue listings – Republican – Corrections Anon 32

• Society publications 1926-28, London Printings – Review RD Allen 33

• Beware the regumming of stamps RD Allen 34

• Ocean Post Offices P Cattell 35

• Postage Due markings RD Allen 36

• Reflections by the editor RD Allen 36

• Modern and semi ancient covers / markings Anon 37

• London meeting October 1980 RD Allen 38



• Society Notice RD Allen 40


• Republican Coil Stamps – Listing Anon 48

• Jan van Riebeck 1618 – 1677 Klaas van Ingen 49

• Union Castle Steamer and its barrel mail RD Allen 50

• Society Exhibition in London E Sherwood 51



• Christmas Island - 1965 - Bird Island JTB 54

• Society accounts Anon 55

• Mobile Post Offices – closure notices RD Allen 55

• Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa – membership fee WA Page 56-57

• Silver Jubilee - Cleft Heads T Hall 57

• Calling Northern America RD Allen 58

• Harmers Auctions some realisations RD Allen 59



• Mobile Post Offices – continuation WA Page 68-70

• Book reviews Basutoland/Lesotho P.O’s etc Check your FDC’s RD Allen 71

• Perforations – Perforators Anon 72-73


• Coils – Animals – Republican, 1d Anon 74



• The 10c Emerald Green – ownership –

Location for expertisation RD Allen 76

• London meetings February & March 1981 RD Allen 77

• Postage Due items – new method of collecting the

underpriced items RD Allen 78-79

• “RD” the Hon Editor WA Page 80-81

• Does it pay to advertise Anon 81




• Themes enlarged – Important subjects – South African

Stamps TR Brownrigg 90-91

• Correspondence – 2d |Union Building Stamp Society members 91

• Themes enlarged the mighty Zulu RD Allen 92-93

• Roll stamps - how to identify them RD Allen 94

• The Perforators – The Bickel Machine Anon 95-97

• Exhibition – Vienna award to a member Anon 97

• Hope for fair trading (The Cape of Good Hope) TR Brownrigg 98

• Society Notice WA Page 99

• South African Mobile Post Offices, continuation WA Page 100-101



1981 Volume 29, Number 6 Whole No 174 • The unhyphenated 1d stamp flaws continued EW Merriman 106

• Diamonds Anon 110-114

• Silver Jubilee Issue – another view JLS 115

• Post Master Generals review, our review of that publication Anon 116

• Editors resignation – appointment of New Editor WA Page 117


• The Flying Dutchman T Brownrigg 120

• An award certificate for one of our books Anon 121

• Society Information RD Allen 122

• Intentions Anon 123

• Analytical subject index for 1981 RD Allen 124

1982 Volume 30, Number 1 Whole No 175 • A sorters guide to the first definitive series of the Republic JC Evertse 4-8

• Not Standard size – Surcharge due RD Allen 9

• Reports of London meetings CP Ravilious 10


• South African stamp colour catalogue – a review RD Allen 12

• Libraries and their value RD Allen 12-13

• A new fortnightly Cr 13

• The unhyphenated 1d stamp flaws continued EW Merriman 14-17

• Twenty Five Years ago S A Philatelist 18

• Prize Crossword CR 19

• Membership information CR 20

1982 Volume 30, Number 2 Whole No 176 • The good kiloware guide CP Ravilious 24-27

• London meeting November 1981 RD Allen 27-28


• Jan van Riebecks landing TR Brownrigg 30-34

• Twenty five years ago Anon 34-35

• South African Mobile Post Offices – part 7 WA Page 35-36



• My Canadian Trip RD Allen 39

• Membership information & South Africa’s 1982 Stamp Program CR 40


• Those were the days TR Brownrigg 44-48

• London meeting December 1981 CPR 49-50

• 1925 Airmail forgeries Anon 51-53

• What ever happened to Bob Kershaw CPR 53


• Red tape v Philately RD Allen 58

• Twenty Five Years Ago Anon 59

• Royal Visit Cachet Anon 59

• Membership information CR 60

• SACS display to Leytonstone, Wanstead and District PS RD Allen 60

• ESSEN 82 date stamp Anon 60

1982 Volume 30, Number 4 Whole No 178 • Society notice RD Allen 64

• Those were the days, Third Empire Air Mail Service TR Brownrigg 65-67

• South African Scene W Grutter 68

• Report of London meetings RD Allen 69


• Harmers of London - Auction realisation RD Allen 72-73

• An unusual Postage Due Cover PH Williams 74


• An unread Water 70 cover FA Clark 75-76


• Good prospects for Republic Issues CPR 81

• Special Temporary Date Stamps Anon 81

• Membership information CPR 82

• Prize Crossword Anon 82

1982 Volume 30, Number 5 Whole No 179 • Society Notice; 1983 subscriptions WA Page 86

• A first look at the Building Definitives CPR 87-92

• South African Scene W Grutter 93-94

• South African perforations (review) CPR 94


• Those were the days, Third Empire Airmail Service TR Brownrigg 96-98

• Reports of London meeting; 1982 Cinderella material CPR 99-100




1982 Volume 30, Number 6 Whole No 180 • Ocean Post Offices P Cattell 108-109




• BPE 1982 RD Allen 114

• South African Mobile Post Offices, Part B WA Page 115-117



• PMG’s Annual Report 1980/81 (review) CPR 123

• Stamp promotion Council, Covent Garden RD Allen 123-124

• Society notices and membership information RD Allen 124

• Those were the days, a footnote CPR 125

1983 Volume 31, Number 1 Whole No 181 • Retournons a’ nos moutons: the 4c ‘wool’ definitive of 1972 CPR 5-8


• Reports of London meetings RD Allen 10-11

• Meeting at the University of Sussex CPR 11-12


• Twenty five years ago Anon 14


• A WW2 Problem cover RD Allen 18-19


• Safety of collection RD Allen 22-23


• Prize crossword Anon 23


• Regional meetings CPR 24

1983 Volume 31, Number 2 Whole No 182 • South African Survey Ship “Agulhas” WA Page 28-36

• London meeting November 1982 CPR 37

• Union handbook/catalogue Anon 37


• Those were the days, Third Empire Mail Service TR Brownrigg 40-42





• Meeting at Weston Supermare CPR 48

1983 Volume 31, Number 3 Whole No 183 • Society notice RD Allen 52

• Third regional meeting DW Painter 52

• The postal history of Apartheid DC Cox 53-57


• London meeting December 1982 RD Allen 59-60

• A WW2 Problem cover RD Allen 61-63






• Unserviced covers CPR 72

1983 Volume 31, Number 4 Whole No 184 • Advertisements RD Allen 76

• The postal history of Apartheid DC Cox 77-82




• Meeting at Weston Supermare DW Painter 85-86



• Society accounts 1981-82 RE Mason 91


• Venue of London meeting RD Allen 93-94

• Forthcoming meeting at Basingstoke DW Painter 94



• Society Notice CPR 96

1983 Volume 31, Number 5 Whole No 185 • Society notice WA Page 100

• GGV coils: the unanswered questions RD Allen 101-103



• Reports of London meeting RD Allen 105-106

• Transkei – female head dresses WA Page 107-108

• First S.A. Arial post J Dunbar 109






1983 Volume 31, Number 6 Whole No 186 • Erics Christmas Cracker CE Sherwood 122-125


• Society auctions Bill Fincham 127

• South African Mobile Post Offices – Part 9 WA Page 128-130


• Specialist South African publisher sets up shop Anon 131-132

• The 2d Union Buildings official, 1947-50 R Cowan 132




1984 Volume 32, Number 1 Whole No 187 • Union Postal Stationary and Booklets AR Chilton 4-8



• First S.A. Arial post TR Brownrigg 11-16



• Postcards AKW Atkinson 22-23



1984 Volume 32, Number 2 Whole No 188 • Survey of members interests CPR 28-32


• Analytical Index to the Springbok RD Allen 36

• First S.A. Arial post TR Brownrigg 37-39

• Monks Airmail collection SG Nunnelley 39

• 2d Union Buildings Anon 40

• Review RD Allen 41

• Proteas coils RD Allen 42





1984 Volume 32, Number 3 Whole No 189 • Angolan border mail sensorship WA Page 52-56



• Cancellation gauge Anon 59

• Themes enlarged – a series about important subjects

depicted on South African Stamps – Groote Schuur TR Brownrigg 60-62

• Union Pictorial 2d “Union Building” SJ Hagger 63-64




• Revenue stamps in the early Union of South Africa C Board 67

• Stampex 1984 RD Allen 67-68



• Remembrance of things past CE Sherwood 72

1984 Volume 32, Number 4 Whole No 190 • The Silver Wedding commemorative CPR 76-78



• Meeting at Southampton RD Allen 83

• From Berg Eagles onward, intro to a forthcoming series TR Brownrigg 84-86


• Penny mono-coloured RD Allen 89

• Mastermind 1984 CPR 90



• Query spot, CDS’s Society members 94

• Bechuanaland Study Group Anon 94

• Small wares Society members 95



• From Berg Eagles onward, The Genesis of flight in Africa TR Brownrigg 100-105

• Society notice : Library books Committee 105


• South Africa revisited P Cattell 108-110

• An ‘Official’ discovery CPR 110-111

• SG C35 RD Allen 111

• The Silver Wedding commemorative, continuation CPR 112-113

• Book review ‘Post marks of the Cape of Good Hope’ CPR 114


• Society Notice – Subscriptions etc WA Page 119


1984 Volume 32, Number 6 Whole No 192 • From Berg Eagles onward, The Genesis of flight in Africa TR Brownrigg 124-129


• Query spot 1 ‘Army Signals’ CDS CE Sherwood 131

• London meeting Sept 1984 RD Allen 132

• Society auctions Bill Fincham 132

• Mobile Post Offices WA Page 133-135

• Atlas catalogue of RSA, review RD Allen 136

• Essays RD Allen 136-137

• Query spot 2 – ‘RSA 10’ set Society member 137


• Membership information CPR 142-143

1985 Volume 33, Number 1 Whole No 193 • Among my books RD Allen 4-7

• A problem RD Allen 7

• Exchange packet Anon 7


• From Berg Eagles onward, continued TR Brownrigg 10-13



• Origin of the 4d ‘kraal’ design Anon 17-18

• Wanted etc RD Allen 18


• Society Notice CPR 23


• Meeting at Weston-Super-Mare Anon 24

1985 Volume 33, Number 2 Whole No 194 • Talking points A Hardy 28-29



• 4c ‘Wool’ variety RD Allen 34


• S.A.N.A.E. the only ‘None Philatelic Mail’ WA Page 38


• The 1/- Official – SAH/C O90 P Williams 41

• Review – The South African Colour Catalogue Anon 41-43

• My visit to South Africa Molly Walker 43





1985 Volume 33, Number 3 Whole No 195 • A lifetime with the ‘Jubilees’ T Hall 52-54

• A beginners guide to Jubilees T Hall 54-57

• A little history (Jubilee) Anon 57

• The attraction of the Jubilee J Philpott 58-64

• A marginal arrow oddity ‘Jubilee’ T Hall 65

• ‘Scratches’ on rows15 and 16 of the 1d Jubilee T Hall 66

• 1935 and all that R Cowan 67-69




• The 1910 Union Parliament commemorative AR Chilton 76-83



• Meeting at Weston-Super-Mare RD Allen 88

• The Exchange Packet P Cattell 88


• Mastermind 1984 – a footnote Anon 90

• Union Pictorial Facsimilies Mr Burniston 91

• Review – The Ship Penny RD Allen 92

• Query spot – 2 registered covers Anon 93



• Portrait gallery CPR 96

1985 Volume 33, Number 5 Whole No 197 • Hunter-Penrose a footnote CPR 100-102


• The Computer and the Cover W Grutter 105-106


• South African Catalogue/Handbook (SAC/H) RD Allen 111

• Review – Union/Republic Coil Stamps SJ Hagger 112

• Johannesburg 100 Anon 112




• Society Notice – Subscriptions, nominations etc. WA Page 119


• Marion Island PA Oliver 120

1985 Volume 33, Number 6 Whole No 198 • The mono-coloured halfpenny coils (R21-R23) RD Allen 124-129



• Query spot (Ship Penny) RD Allen 134

• Two appeals (Union Postal Stationary) H Ludwig 134




• Two exhibitions Anon 141

• Portrait Gallery CPR 141

• Annual Index 1985 CPR 142-144

1986 Volume 34, Number 1 Whole No 199 • RSA the first definitives SG Nunneley 4-8


• The Exchange Packets P Cattell 10

• News from the States R Sanford 10



• Review – Military Mails at the C.O.G.H. CPR 16

• Officials RD Allen 17

• Two appeals Society members 17



• The British Philatelic Exhibition 1985 RD Allen 23

• Payments to and from South Africa RD Allen 23


• Meeting at Weston-Super-Mare Anon 24


• More on early Union stationary C Board 28-29

• Government printing lists : the homelands RD Allen 29

• The Exchange Packets P Cattell 29


• Query spot K Giles 31


• P.O. Box numbers CPR 33

• Some WW2 queries WA Page 34-36


• “Springbok reprints” Anon 40

• My South African Collection FW Rendall 40-41




• An appeal for information, KGV Silver Jubilee Mr Ainscough 48

• From another era CE Sherwood 48

1986 Volume 34, Number 3 Whole No 201 • The De la Rue Essays of 1911 RD Allen 52-54

• Reports of London meetings ARC & RDA 54-56


• The removal of old stamp hinges SG Nunneley 59-60

• Cape Colony Ocean Post Offices RD Allen 60-61


• B.P.E. 86 RD Allen 63





• R.S.A. first Definitives : Addenda Anon 72

1986 Volume 34, Number 4 Whole No 202 • S.W.A. varieties on the overprinted stamps D Lamont Smith 76-78

• Meeting at Weston-Super-Mare RD Allen 78-79




• Penny Ship query answered Society members 87


• Query spot _ more answers Society members 92-94

• Special society meeting in London RD Allen 95


• Society publications RD Allen 96

• Exchange packets RD Allen 96

• The green book CPR 96

1986 Volume 34, Number 5 Whole No 203 • The postal history of the Union of South Africa

Defence Force, 1940-46 M Leeman 100-105

• Those unwanted frames SJ Hagger 106-107

• Uncatalogued varieties in the stamps of the Union of

South Africa D Lamont Smith 108-111

• The elusive 6c Building series stamp MJH Tonking 112-113

• Temporary or relief date stamps J Driver 114-115

• South African labels K Lewis 116-119

• The novices first glimpse of the Hyphenated Bok FE Eustace 120-121

• Organised philately in South Africa H Godwin 121-122

• Society notice, subscriptions and nominations WA Page 123


1986 Volume 34, Number 6 Whole No 204 • The un-numbered sensor labels used during WW1 on

SWA correspondence A Chilton 128-135

• The green book Anon 135



• Cape colony Ocean Post Offices Anon 137-138


• Query spot and some more answers Society members 140




• Index for 1986 CPR 146-148

1987 Volume 35, Number 1 Whole No 205 • Two covers from WWII P Cattell 4-5


• Prestel : what is and what might be CPR 9-11


• Memories are made of this CE Sherwood 14-16

• Colour (“Springbok reprints”: 2) RD Allen 17-22

• Society meetings WA Page 23

• Scottish section news JG 24

• The low value Luther commemorative of 1967 CPR 24

• A sister society Anon 24

1987 Volume 35, Number 2 Whole No 206 • The new Handbook Catalogue CPR 28-30

• Society notice: the John E Wicks award CPR 30

• Reports of London meetings RD Allen 31



• Query spot, Registered cover Anon 37


• The doctor blade and its flaws (“Springbok reprints” : 3) R McDougal 40-44


• The various printings of the 2D Union Buildings

Postage stamp Anon 47

• The Late Eric Sherwood WA Page 47


• A new registered envelope Anon 48

• SAC/H – a postscript CPR 48

• An appeal Anon 48

1987 Volume 35, Number 3 Whole No 207 • Eric Sherwood CPR 52-54

• London meeting February 1987 RD Allen 55-56



• Philatelic writers seminar WA Page 64

• Postal slogan booklet 1948 (SAC/H B20) F Clark 65-66

• Constant plate flaws and varieties (“Springbok Reprints”: 4) SE Lauder 67-69

• Review : Transvaal philately P Cattell 70

• The stamp lover Anon 70

• Scottish section news Anon 71

• Editorship of “The Sprinbok” WA Page 71


1987 Volume 35, Number 4 Whole No 208 • The Springbok Halfpenny issue 21 : a re-assessment FE Eustace 76-78

• This is South Africa Anon 78


• An apology RD Allen 80

• The 1972 Wool Industry Definitives R Weaver 81-83

• Query spot 1 Society members 84


• Scottish section news J Grasson 88

• South African display at Scunthorpe Anon 88

• Review : The 2d Union Buildings MJH Tonking 89

• The purple plates Anon 89-91



• Query spot 2, interprovincial stamps AE Howard 93

• Natal Settlers centenary issue Anon 93

• An appeal, high value rotogravure Pictorials H Ludwig 93


• Advertisement CPR 95


1987 Volume 35, Number 5 Whole No 209 • Screened rotogravure postage stamps

“Springbok” reprints: 5) AH Sydow 101-105


• Reports of London meetings RD Allen 110

• Regional meeting at Weston-Super-Mare P Cattell 111

• And while we are on the subject of meetings Anon 111

• John H Wicks award 1982-86 SACS committee 112

• Contemporay postal history Anon 113

• South West Africa registered envelopes AR Chilton 114

• From the horses mouth SJ Hagger 115

• A challenge RD Allen 115

• What is an interprovincial J Grutter 116

• XYLOL – again Anon 116

• The Cape Doctor Anon 117

• Perforation guidelines on the 1929 “Airs” RD Allen 118

• An appeal HH Schloss 118

• Coil R21: some facts and figures RD Allen 119



• Klaas van Ingen WAC 124

1987 Volume 35, Number 6 Whole No 210 • The 1948 re-issue Springbok halfpenny FE Eustace 128-133


• RSA Building definitives – a listing AA Whitworth 138-140

• Society Librarian, resignation Hon Librarian 140

• Just for fun – a Christmas quiz RD Allen 141-142

• South African KGV revenues AR Chilton 142

• Will apathy still prevail? WA Page 143



• Answers to quiz RD Allen 145

• Index for 1987 CPR 146-147

1988 Volume 36, Number 1 Whole No 211 • South African Air Force Museum: Commemorative Covers WA Page 4-10

• London Meeting September 1987 RD Allen 11

• Correspondence F Clark / F Eustace 12-13

• “Be Prepared” RD Allen 14

• Putting The Springbok to bed – 1980s style C Ravilious 15

• Notes on the New and Recent Issues AA Whitworth 19

• RSA Building Definitives AA Whitworth 19-21

• Frama Labels AA Whitworth 21

• January to September 1987 Commemoratives AA Whitworth 21

• Query Spot Anon 22

• 6th Annual Regional Meeting at Weston-Super-Mare P Cattell 22

• An apology CP Ravilious 22

• A note from the Librarian SG Nunneley 22

• Society Meetings CP Ravilious 23

• Scottish Section News J Grassom 23

• Membership Information DW Painter 24

• Library List SG Nunneley 24

• Society Auctions WF Fincham 24

• “The Spire” Postal Philatelic Company AJ Howgrave Graham 24

• Wanted SJ Hagger 24


• The Springbok halfpenny Issue 22: last of the line FE Eustace 28-35

• Reports of London Meeting RD Allen 36

• Correspondence SACS Members 37-39

• The South African Air Force Museum: Commem Covers WA Page 40-41

• What is an Interprovincial P Cattell 42

• Scottish Section Notes J Grassom 42

• “Be Prepared” (Part 2) RD Allen 43

• A Note on Mailings CP Ravilious 43

• Query Spot CP Ravilious 44

• Frama Machines Anon 44

• RSA Stamp Study Group CP Ravilious 44-47


• Hafnia 87 CP Ravilious 48

1988 Volume 36, Number 3 Whole No 213 • What is an Interprovincial (A reply) C Board 52-56

• Protea s Coils and their Colours RD Allen 56

• London Meeting January 1998, WW2 Postal History RD Allen 57

• The 2d Hyphenated Diagram (For Sale) RD Allen 58


• A Scrap of Paper RD Allen 62

• The Great Flood of 1987 FE Eustace 63-64

• Notes on New and Recent Issues AA Whitworth 65-67

• Special Permanent Date Stamps Anon 68

• London V Pretoria: The Halfpenny and the Penny RD Allen 69-70

• Press Release (Rail Letter Post) Anon 71


• Union Air Mails RD Allen 72

• Aerogramme Tariff change Anon 72

1988 Volume 36, Number 4 Whole No 214 • The Pretoria Printed 1d Stamp MT Farrell 76-83


• Reports of London Meetings RD Allen 84

• The Postal History of Apartheid (Addendum) DG Cox 85-86

• “If this be Error….” C Ravilious 87-90

• South West Africa Registered Envelopes A Chilton 90-91

• Scottish Notes J Grassom 92

• Aerogramme Tariff Change RD Allen 92

• Government Printer’s Information C Ravilious 93

• Tristan Cover RD Allen 94

• Society Accounts for 1987 RE Mason 95

• What is a Mint Stamp RD Allen 95


• For Sale, Springbok Essays – A Rare Opportunity J Shaw 96

• Wanted, South African Philatelist (Journal) KJ Radley 96

1988 Volume 36, Number 5 Whole No 215 • Republican Registered Envelopes RD Allen 100-107

• Society Meetings – 1988 – 1989 WA Page 108

• Report on the 1988 Weston-Super-Mare Meeting P Cattell 109

• Forth-coming Joint Meeting WA Page 109


• Notice: Subscribers – Air Mail Copies RD Allen 112

• Notes on New and Recent Issues AA Whitworth 113-115

• The South African Air Force Museum: Commem Covers WA Page 116-119



• Has all Been “Z" C Ravilious 120

• Small Adds RD Allen 120

1988 Volume 36, Number 6 Whole No 216 • Encyclopaedia of SA Post Offices & Postal Agencies (Review) WA Page 124-126

• Reports of London Meetings RD Allen 126



• Scottish Notes J Grassom 130

• SWA Mini – National Anon 130

• Notes on New and Recent Issues AA Whitworth 131

• Identification: Coils and Booklet Printings RD Allen 132

• Help! Help! Help! RD Allen 132-134

• “Fee for Additional Stock”: Overprint on SA KGV Revenues A Chilton 135

• Frama Labels Anon 136


• Essays RD Allen 137

• Wanted EP Denis 137

1989 Volume 37, Number 1 Whole No 217 • The Pretoria one penny MT Farrell 4-5


• Report on London Meetings RD Allen 6-7

• More on the South West African registered envelopes A Chilton 7-8

• Sources of the designs of the Union Animal Series C Clement 9

• Query Spot SACS Members 10-11

• M.P. Valentine RD Allen 10

• Encyclopaedia of South African Post Offices C Ravilious 10

• Just a thought C Ravilious 11

• A Diamond Jubilee SJ Hagger 12-14

• A new registered Envelope RD Allen 14

• Frama Labels C Ravilious 14

• The Springbok Halfpenny and The Ship Penny RD Allen 15-16

• An artist in pen and ink Anon 16

• Government Printer’s Information C Ravilious 17-19


• Regional Meeting at Weston-Super-Mare P Cattell 20

• Mea Culpa RD Allen 20

• Wanted KJ Radley 20

1989 Volume 37, Number 2 Whole No 218 • South African War Labels K Lewis 24-28

• Reports of London meetings Anon 29

• Query spot C Ravilious 30

• Where is the Post Office MJH Tonking 31-33

• Experiences of a learner judge W Grutter 34-36


• Postage Due Markings (Review) FA Clark 37

• Editorial Note C Ravilious 37

• Postage Due Markings (Addenda) RD Allen 38-40

• From the Union Handbook Editor C Ravilious 40

• Frama Labels RD Allen 41

• Government Printers Information C Ravilious 42-43


• Congratulations Anon 44

• An experiment RD Allen 44

• Stop Press C Ravilious 44

1989 Volume 37, Number 3 Whole No 219 • The Pretoria One Penny Booklet Stamp MT Farrell 48-55

• The editorship of The Springbok C Ravilious 55

• Reports on London Meetings Anon 56-57

• Library additions R Rapley 57

• Letters to the Editor SACS Members 58

• South African War Labels (continued) K Lewis 59-63

• SWA Display at Winchester DW Painter 63

• Manuscript Cancellations of Southern Africa Robson Lowe 64-65

• Query spot SACS Members 65

• Government Printer Information C Ravilious 66-67


• Wanted 1 R Sand 68

• Wanted 2 DW Painter 68

• An Offer J Banfield 68


• Plate and other defects on Union KGV stamps J Fine & J Hagger 72-76



• Scottish Congress at Falkirk R Glanville Jones 79

• Union Postal Stationary – Some new findings A Chilton 80-81

• Special offer to SACS members C Ravilious 81

• Query Spot SACS Members 82

• The Springbok Halfpenny and The Ship Penny (An update) C Ravilious 82-83

• The plate numbers of KGV Postal Stamps RD Allen 83-84

• Back Door or Front Door SJ Hagger 85-87

• Mobile Post Offices in South Africa (Review) WR Page 88-89

• Government Printer information C Ravilious 90-91


• Important notice (The editorship of the Springbok) RD Allen 92

• PMB 150 awards: an apology C Ravilious 92

1989 Volume 37, Number 5 Whole No 221 • The Building Definitives A Chilton 96-106

• Reports of London Meetings RD Allen 107-108

• London Special Meeting. 8 April 1988 RD Allen 108-109

• Society meeting at Weston-Super-Mare. 22 April 1988 Anon 109-110

• Letters to the Editor SACS Members 111-113

• Does it interest you RD Allen 113

• Society Accounts, year ending 31 December1988 RE Mason 114

• Government Printer’s information C Ravilious 115


• Memories are made of this C Ravilious 116

• In our next issue C Ravilious 116

1989 Volume 37, Number 6 Whole No 222 • To him who waits SJ Hagger 120-121

• Letters to the editor SACS members 122-123

• Query Spot Anon 125-129

• Recent auction realisations SJ Hagger 130-131

• Does it happen to you Anon 131

• Query spot 2 HH Schloss 132

• Destination Airmails C Ravilious 133-134

• 10/- Pictorial discovery WA Page 134

• Membership information DW Painter 135

• 1/- Official Update C Ravilious 135

• Snippets C Ravilious 135

• Wanted D Hyland 135

1990 Volume 38, Number 1 Whole No 223 • The typographed one penny – Issue 1 M Farrell 4-9

• Membership Secretary DW Painter 10

• London Meeting RD Allen 10

• London Saturday meeting,18 September 1989 RD Allen 11

• Wanderers 101 National Philatelic Exhibition C Ravilious 11

• Query Spot: Oceania etc SJ Hagger 12

• Catalogues and their relative uses RD Allen 13

• South Africa in the new SG part 1 J Philpot 14

• Succulents – The Coils RD Allen 14

• Your new editor DW Painter 14

• The Governments own print shop Anon 15-17

• Government printer’s information DW Painter 18-19


• Union Postal stationary A Chilton 20

• Editorial (continued from page 3) DW Painter 20

1990 Volume 38, Number 2 Whole No 224 • Prigoniero du Guerra: Italian P.O.W. camps (1941-1943) I Baron 24-29

• The JH Triangular Cancellation – Wartime usage WA Page 30-31

• Placing the Bi coloured Plate Singles J Fine 32-33

• Weston 1990 P Cattell 34



• Autumn Stampex 1989 – The British Philatelic Exhibition RD Allen 34-35

• The catalogues and their relevant uses RD Allen 35

• London meeting 10th October 1989 RD Allen 35

• The typographed one penny issue – Comment RD Allen 36

• Transit Mark D Painter 37

• New monograph on the 2d pictorial J Hagger / M Tonking 37

• 5/- Rotogravure issue 1v.4 P Williams 37

• Help wanted A Chilton 37

• There’s many a slip… FA Clark 38-41

• How to identify the stamps from booklets RD Allen 42

• Frama Labels X Laubscher 42

• Government Printer’s information DW Painter 43


• Philatelic society for greater southern Africa DW Painter 44

• Notice TFG Lovell 44

• Editorial (continued) DW Painter 44

1990 Volume 38, Number 3 Whole No 225 • The Union 2d London printing: The Final Chapter SJ Hagger 48-58

• London meeting – December 1989 RD Allen 59

• UC8 Censor Labels J Newman 60

• The last South African Postage Due Issue P de Paris 61-62

• The Succulent Coils – The 5th definitives RD Allen 63-64

• Double perforation varieties RD Allen 64

• VAT and the stamp collector RA Hurrell 65

• Conrad Jacobs, Cherry Anderson ET AL P Cattell 66

• South African Red Cross Label K Lewis 66


1990 Volume 38, Number 4 Whole No 226 • Union 2d London Printing: The final chapter (continued) MJH Tonking 72-78

• Society Meetings DW Painter 78

• The Succulent Coils – 5th definitives (Addendum) RD Allen 79

• Revenues of South Africa RD Allen 79

• Wanted, coil stamps in strips of 22 RD Allen 79

• London meeting – February 1990 RD Allen 80

• The typographed one penny ship: Issue 2 M Farrell 81-90

• Bradbury Wilkinson queries SJ Hagger 91


• Bristol & District FPS meeting DW Painter 92

• Member seeks B Stokoe 92

1990 Volume 38, Number 5 Whole No 227 • A fascinating glimpse into the forger’s world N Becker 96-104

• The 1990 Annual meeting at Weston-Super-Mare P Cattell 104

• London meeting – 11th April 1990 RD Allen 105-106

• Stamp World London 1990 WA Page 106


• Wanted PC Hattingh 106

• Pages from a W.W.2 collection BD Redpath 107-108

• Letters to the editor SACS Members 109-110

• Postage Due – An apology DW Painter 110

• Maritime marks of South Africa RD Allen 110

• Greek Exchange Control Postal Markings P Williams 111-112

• Query Spot SACS members 112-113

• The Springbok – Inserts DW Painter 113

• A WW2 Stamp P Cattell 114

• Postage Due enquiry K Illyefalvi 115

• Society accounts year ending 31December 1989 A Caines 116

1990 Volume 38, Number 6 Whole No 228 • South African Maritime marks in World War 11 SJ Hagger 120-129

• The JH Triangular Cancellation – Wartime usage SJ Hagger 130



• London meeting - 12 June 990 RD Allen 131

• Call for Stamp suggestions DW Painter 131

• Apology DW Painter 131

• Wartime Civil Censor Labels (UC8) Anon 132

• Publications and People RD Allen 132-133

• From F.P.N. Dyer of Littlehampton Anon 133

• Government printer’s information DW Painter 134-135

1991 Volume 39, Number 1 Whole No 229 • South African Covers: A designer and his work R Glanville Jones 4-13

• Meeting Reports RD Allen / P Cattell 14-15

• John Shaw’s Display (September meeting) J Shaw 16

• Air Mail Cachet query SJ Hagger 17

• Republican 10c Castle – Emerald Green RD Allen 17

• Study on SACC 291a and 291b D Greenhalgh 18

• Help wanted P Cattell 18

• Paper Puzzle RA Bell 19

• Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa Anon 19

• Membership Information AR Chilton 20

• Speaking acceptances and appearances DW Painter 20

• Amendment to The Springbok No. 5 of 1990 DW Painter 20

• Library RA Rapley 20

• Researches DW Painter 20

• A request B Stokoe 20

• Awards DW Painter 20

1991 Volume 39, Number 2 Whole No 230 • The South African Covers: A designer and his work R Glanville Jones 24-31

• The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Stamp P de Paris 32-33

• Updating the Auction list for future mailings DW Painter 33

• Editor to visit Bognor Convention DW Painter 33

• South African Revenue stamps RD Allen 34

• Namibian Postal rates DW Painter 35

• An appeal RD Allen 35

• Meeting in London – December 11th 1990 RD Allen 36

• Membership matters DW Painter 36

• The Building Series (A study) J Smart 37-38

• Government Printer’s information DW Painter 39-40

1991 Volume 39, Number 3 Whole No 231 • What is an Interprovincial? Another view P de Paris 44-46

• The one penny typograph issue 3 M Farrell 47-48

• The Cigarette strips: 1910 – 1077 (Revised) PH Beukes 49-53

• London meeting, March 1991 AR Chilton 54

• The Coronation stamp of 1953 DW Painter 54

• Weston-Super-Mare DW Painter 55

• The South African Philatelist RD Allen 55

• Reference collection RD Allen 55

• Query spot: The Orange Free State Centenary Issue Anon 56-57

• The Revenue Stamps of South West Africa (Review) AR Chilton 57


• S.W.A. Third Definitive Papers D Greenalgh 60


• Membership information AR Chilton 60

• Displays by Society members DW Painter 60

• Auction distribution list WF Fincham 60

1991 Volume 39, Number 4 Whole No 232 • South African Philatelic Cinderella’s K Lewis 64-76

• South West Africa: Third Definitive Issue (Animals) D Greenalgh 77-79

• The Postal Stones of South Africa RD Allen 79

• Frama Label Paper R Laser 79

• Commercial Notice DW Painter 79

• Roll of distinguished Philatelists of Southern Africa WA Page 80

• Horizontal and vertical pairs J Davis 80

1991 Volume 39, Number 4 Continued Contents Author Page

• Bibliography Pre-Union J Ryan 80

• World war 11 markings RD Allen 80

• Membership notes AR Chilton 80

• Stop Press SJ Hagger 80

1991 Volume 39, Number 5 Whole No 233 • Framas is South Africa A Cooke 84-87

• OFS Centenary Issue MJH Tonking 88-89

• Unhyphenated 6d Orange Tree Constant Flaws J Newman 90-93

• London meeting - June 1991 RD Allen 94-95

• London meeting – August 1991 RD Allen 95

• Still on Interprovincials SJ Hagger 96

• State Registration Nursing Centenary J Grassom 96-97

• Call for stamp suggestions DW Painter 97

• Speakers at other Societies DW Painter 97

• Printing and mailing DW Painter 97

• Postage Dues paid in bulk S Kingham 98-99


1991 Volume 39, Number 6 Whole No 234 • ITU Centenary 1965 – card J Newman 104

• The Republican first Definitives WA Page & D Greenalgh 105-109

• Postage Due and its relative markings RD Allen 110-111

• World War II – Military Camp Post Offices WA Page 112-117

• Great undiscovered varieties (not to be taken seriously) DW Painter 117

• Republican Castle 10c Emerald Green DW Painter 118

• SA & RSA Study Group (Australia) WA Page 118

• April meeting in London RD Allen 119

• Exhibition DW Painter 119

• South West Africa SACC 65 – English on English Anon 120

• What do you know RD Allen 120

• Bibliography DW Painter 121


• Abell Trophy DW Painter 121

• Postal Stationary RD Allen 121

• Member request K Radley 121


1992 Volume 40, Number 1 Whole No 235 • A sleeper awakes after 30 years B Joseph 4-7

• Aerogrammes of South Africa RD Allen 7

• Postmarks of South Africa DW Painter 7

• South West Africa SACC 65 – English on English P Williams 8

• Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa DW Painter 8

• Press Release DW Painter 9

• A Prisoner of War in Italy CN Dyer 10-11

• World War 1 – Internment Camp Mail A Katzler 12

• The Fourth Issue Commemoratives J Smart 13-15

• Official Cover No. 1 (Not marked as such) RD Allen 16-17

• London meeting – 8 October 1991 RD Allen 18

• London meeting – 10 December 1991 RD Allen 18-19

• Sources of reference RD Allen 19

• Scottish Congress at Falkirk J Grassom 19


• Philip A.C. Cattell DW Painter 20

• Stamp packet manager WJ Branney 20

1992 Volume 40, Number 2 Whole No 236 • An unrecorded MPO handstamp WA Page 24-26

• London meeting February 1992 RD Allen 26-27

• From the Packet Secretary DW Painter 27

• The Calbash Flaw: Three replies SACS Members 28

• Imperial Airways’ African Route (review) I McQueen 29

• South African Postage Dues WA Page 29

• Hand painted commemorative covers WA Page 30


• Essays of South Africa WA Page 30

• Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa Anon 31

• Republican aerogrammes RD Allen 31

• RSA Post Office Bulletins RD Allen 31

• Unique U.P.U. Specimens WA Page 32-33

• Republican First Definitives Anon 33

• South African Philatelist (request for back issues) D Greenalgh 33

• An Auction watch service DW Painter 34

• National Stamp day J Smart 34-35

• Press Release DW Painter 36

• Wanted – Revenue Stamps RD Allen 36

• A Study of the 1c Succulent WJ Branney 37



• Appointments DW Painter 40

• Visits to other societies DW Painter 40

1992 Volume 40, Number 3 Whole No 237 • ITU Centenary 1965 – Card OC1 F Clark 44-46

• Protea 92 National Philatelic Exhibition DW Painter 46

• London meeting – 7April 1992 RD Allen 47

• Members enquire SACS members 48

• O.F.S. ‘Postage Dues’ – Progress Report AGM Batten 49-55

• Underpaid Mail R Stroud 56

• Variation on a theme (1d ship) C Ravilious 57


• Membership Notes AR Chilton 60

• Library notes J B Carter 60

• A member asks JG 60

• Auction DW Painter 60

1992 Volume 40, Number 4 Whole No 238 • The RSA First Definitive 2½c (A study) D Greenalgh 64-74

• London meeting – June 1992 RD Allen 75

• Interest & Revenues J Ryan 76

• Regional meeting (Carlisle) DW Painter 76

• North of the Border News J Grassom 77

• Putting the Springbok to bed 1990’s style C Ravilious 78



• Election of officers DW Painter 80

• Packet notes W Branney 80

• New issues DW Painter 80

1992 Volume 40, Number 5 Whole No 239 • Auction report A Howgrave Graham 84-87

• For Sale DW Painter 87

• 5th Definitive Issue (2c Succulent) W Branney 88-89

• More on the 2½c First Definitive LH Twiss 90-92

• A single error DW Painter 92

• A request for help RD Allen 93

• Auction descriptions RD Allen 93

• Springboks for sale RD Allen 93

• The wartime Paquebot Saga WA Page 94-97

• Voortrekker seals WA Page 98

• Frama label news R Laser 99


• Portishead, Saturday 8 August 1992 DW Painter 100

1992 Volume 40, Number 6 Whole No 240 • First Definitive Series 3c value D Greenalgh 104-111

• Meeting reports DW Painter 112

• Crossfield on Carlisle HE Crossfield 113

• ½c Perforations – Query Vol.40 No.5 Page 93 LH Twiss 114

• Horizontal vs Vertical – a question of acceptability C Ravilious 114


• World War 1 – an interesting returned letter WA Page 115

• The Wartime Paquebot Saga SJ Hagger 116-117


• North American group R Cowan 118

• Cinderella Corner K Lewis 118

• Stop Press DW Painter 118

1993 Volume 41, Number 1 Whole No 241 • Two heads are better than one F Eustace & J Hagger 4-6

• Program of SACS meetings DW Painter 6

• Cape of Good Hope Postal History: The Triangular period GR Dillaway 7-9

• Flawed Georgian SJ Hagger 9

• Stampex 1992 – Autumn RD Allen 9

• More on ‘Why Horizontal’? J Shaw 10-11

• Insuring your collection P Rose 11

• Auction Report, November 1992 AJ Howgrave Graham 12-14

• 5c Succulent (Original Printing), B Pane W Branney 15

• Republican First Definitives – 2c Gold Pouring RD Allen 16-17

• Colours and shades (Reproduced from the South African

Philatelist, April 1967 HJ Raubenheimer 18-19

• Marks and Cachets of World War 11 SJ Hagger 19


• From my Sources RD Allen 21-23

• Philitex 1992 DW Painter 23


• The Springbok, Vol. 40, No. 4, p.76 RD Allen 24

• Apology DW Painter 24

1993 Volume 41, Number 2 Whole No 242 • Flaws on the 2d KGV M Farrell 28-31

• Namibian Labels R Laser 32

• Spring Stampex 1993 + EUR-APEX 93 RD Allen 33

• Border City 2nd meeting HE Crossfield 33-34

• Carlisle, Saturday 27 March 1993 J B Carter 35

• London meeting, Saturday 3 April 1993 RD Allen 35

• Those Postage Dues SJ Hagger 36-38

• Some new Postage Due markings RD Allen 39

• Waterlow Study Circle DW Painter 39-41

• Visit to Solent Philatelic Society DW Painter 42

• London and Pretoria Printings J Mackay 42

• Philatelic Services Announcement: Replenishment of

funds on deposit accounts DW Painter 43

• SACS Packet and Cover Account 1992 J Smart 43

• Wanted KJ Radley 43

• Typographed Coil Strips with unequal joins RD Allen 44-45


• Projected Programme, 1993/4 RD Allen 47

• For sale JM Richards 47


• Important Notice WA Page 48

• Notices DW Painter 48

1993 Volume 41, Number 3 Whole No 243 • Create a theme with Postmarks NC Combrink 53-54

• Insurance of Stamp Collections – Two further contributions PH Williams 55

• Notices RD Allen 56

• Those horizontal pairs again N Clowes 56-57

• The 2c Gold Pouring J Davis 58

• Listing of the 2c First Issue J Smart 59

• Roots RT Cowan 60-61

• Typographed Coil Stamps with ‘Unequal’ joins J Philpot 61

• London and Pretoria Printings, Vol. 41(2) p.42 A reply J Newman 61

• Special Temporary Date stamp: Gandhi Commemoration Anon 61-64

• New RSA Stamp Booklets Anon 64-66

• Postage Due and its markings RD Allen 67


• Error in design WA Page 68

• South African Air force Museum WA Page 69


• Programme of SACS meetings DW Painter 72


• A Publication J Davis 72

• Members speak DW Painter 72

• Members who did speak DW Painter 72

• Regional meeting R Stroud 72

1993 Volume 41, Number 4 Whole No 244 • London meeting 5 September 1993 DW Painter 76

• HAMPEX at Ringwood, Hampshire, 25 Sept 1993 DW Painter 76

• Northern Group meeting, Carlisle, Saturday 25 September HE Crossfield 77

• Autumn STAMPEX, 12-17 October 1993 RD Allen 78

• International News WA Page 78-79

• Cape of Good Hope forgeries Robson Lowe 80

• The ‘War Train’ 1941 WA Page 81-88

• From an Intersapa Press Release DW Painter 88

• RSA Aviation set: News on Stamp Booklet Anon 89

• Notice about insurance DW Painter 89

• Are things as bad as this may suggest RD Allen 90




1994 Volume 42, Number 1 Whole No 245 • London meeting 7 December 1993 RD Allen 4

• Association of British Philatelic Societies DW Painter 4

• The Springbok, Vol.41,- Queries RD Allen 5

• London and Pretoria Printings: Three Notes SACS Members 6-7

• Something new from STAMPEX DW Painter 7

• The 7c Succulent W Branney 8

• The first RSA Definitives RD Allen 9-11

• Still they come SJ Hagger 12

• Do you have one SJ Hagger 12

• Censorship – World War II WA Page 13

• One Swallow does not make a summer DW Painter 13

• Postage Stamp Programme 1994 DW Painter 13

• The Customs Duty Hand stamps and overprints of the Union SJ Hagger 14-17

• Customs Duty on printed matter: Notes and Bibliography H Ammore 17-21

• Readers Digest Issue DW Painter 21



• Congratulations DW Painter 24

• Members speak A Page / J Shaw 24

• Request from Canada BG Bussell 24

• You have been warned AR Chilton 24

1994 Volume 42, Number 2 Whole No 246 • Those Postage Dues continued SJ Hagger 28-33

• London meeting, Saturday 12 March 1994 DW Painter 33

• Carlisle Spring meeting 1994 HE Crossfield 34-35

• South Africa S.G. 56i – No watermark WA porter 35

• The 1½c Republican Stamp – Cylinders 264-265-266 F Clark 36-39

• Assistance sought A Chilton 40

• Gathering of Specialist Societies DW Painter 40

• Study Sources DW Painter 40

• Do you have one PH Williams 40


• Philatelic Society for Greater Southern British Africa

6th annual auction DW Painter 44

• SACS Packet / Cover Account 1993 J Smart 44

• Missing Z on the 6d Mackennal Design BG Bussell 44-45

• Literature for sale while stocks last RD Allen 46


• Wicks Medal DW Painter 46

• East African Sensor Marks: World War 11 WA Page 46-47


• Members Speak and Spoke DW Painter 48

1994 Volume 42, Number 3 Whole No 247 • London meeting, 14 June 1994 RD Allen 52-53

• Stampex March 1994 RD Allen 53

• Postage Due Markings RD Allen 53-55

• Those Postage Dues (Part 2) A Chilton 56-59

• The ½c Republican Stamp Cylinders 264-265-266 (Cont) F Clark 60-68


• Security and Insurance for Collectables JB Horne 71-72


• Midpex 1995 DW Painter 72

• Sought (by a Canadian Resident) KJ Radley 72

1994 Volume 42, Number 4 Whole No 248 • Annual General Meeting, 3 September 1994 DW Painter 76

• Carlisle meeting, 24 September 1994 HE Crossfield 76-77

• The Trial Printings of the 1d Ship Stamp WA Page 78


• Plating WA Page 85

• Book Review WA Page 86

• Union Coils R12S: A query Anon 86-87

• Keeping it legal: A discussion of copyright C Ravilious 88-91



• Midpex 1995 RD Allen 94

1995 Volume 43, Number 1 Whole No 249 • London meeting 13 December 1994 DW Painter 4

• Stampex (11-16 October 1994 RD Allen 4

• Auction review – December 1994 A Howgrave Graham 5-7

• Book review A Chilton 8

• RSA Inland Postage Paid Envelopes A Chilton 8-9

• New Atlas price list / Catalogue of Southern African

Stamps and Covers WA Page 10

• A Postmark find FA Clark 10


• ‘Boks’ that never were C Ravilious 19

• Not reversed perforation SJ Hagger 20-21



• Information and requests DW Painter 24

1995 Volume 43, Number 2 Whole No 250 • Meeting reports and an appeal DW Painter 28-29

• South African Weather Stations WA Page 30-35

• Postal Stationary – Postcards RD Allen 36

• The Union Stamp Depot / P.O. Box 2185, Cape Town PH Williams 36

• South Africa + SWA +Namibia + Homelands DW Painter 36

• The RSA First Definitive 2½ c RD Allen 37-39

• The oval date stamp of 1853 Athol Murry 40-41

• Other Societies DW Painter 41

• The 10c Stamp by Hein Botha from the 5th Definitive Issue

showing the flaws found on the DIDYMOATUS design W Branney 42

• Union Coils: a slight correction RD Allen 42

• A question of identity J Philpot 43

• 5/- Hyphenated Issue 1 – SAC/H 52 PH Williams 43

• Eleventh row flaws on the Penny Ship F Eustace 44

• Wind of change DW Painter 46-47

• News in Brief DW Painter 47

• Collection disposal sale DW Painter 47

• Works of reference for disposal DW Painter 47


• Happenings DW Painter 47


• Packet news DW Painter 48

1995 Volume 43, Number 3 Whole No 251 • Northern meeting at Carlisle JB Carter 52

• London meeting, 20 June 1995 RD Allen 53-53

• Auction prospects DW Painter 53

• More on South African weather Stations WA Page 54-57

• Copyright: A Member’s Enquiry (The Springbok,

Vol. 42, No.4 refers) C Ravilious 58-59

• An appeal to the membership RD Allen 59

• Unrecorded Paquebot date DW Painter 60

• Eleventh row flaws MJH Tonking 60-62

• The more the merrier SJ Hagger 63-65

• Atlas price list DW Painter 65



• Telephone numbers DW Painter 72

• Members as and speak DW Painter 72

• Advertisement DW Painter 72

• Stop Press DW Painter 72

• Society accounts for year ending 31 December 1994 A Caines 73

1995 Volume 43, Number 4 Whole No 252 • Modern Postcards DW Painter 76

• London meeting 3 September 1995 DW Painter 76

• Carlisle meeting, Saturday 16 September 1995 JB Carter 77

• South African Weather Stations WA Page 77

• Sheet Coils 12S (Updating of Vol 42 (4), pp.88.0) RD Allen 78

• Early Railways A Howgrave Graham 79

• Updating Putzel A Howgrave Graham 79

• Postage Due – Group 1X R D Allen 80

• The First Definitive Series of the Republic of South Africa D Greenhalgh 81-88

• Cross check list of the first definitives of the Republic of

South Africa J Davis 89-90

• Partly Philatelic J Philpot 90-91

• Newcastle 1996 WA Page 91

• The British Philatelic Trust Anon 91

• Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa:

Report of 3rd

August 1995 Anon 92

• Aerogramme Collectors – The Republican Issues

Help – SOS – Mayday RD Allen 92



• The Springbok – Back numbers DW Painter 96

• Notice DW Painter 96

1996 Volume 44, Number 1 Whole No 253 • Hail and farewell DW Painter 4

• Report of the London meeting 12 December 1995 DW Painter 5

• Stampex 1995 – Autumn visit and adieu DW Painter 5

• Spring!! Stampex 1996 DW Painter 5

• 5th Anniversary issue – Presentation Booklet R Laser 6

• Penny for your thoughts – Issue 18 (1d ship) C Eustace 7-9

• Sought and offered DW Painter 9

• Cape of Good Hope – Supreme! WA Page 10-11

• South Africa – a misconception of design DW Painter 12

• The John Wicks Medal DW Painter 13

• Just another form J Hagger 13

• South African Revenues – Missing Year RD Allen 14

• The Cover and Stamp Packet account for 1995 WJ Branney 14

• Shipping Postmaster Marks F Clark 15-16

• The Aerogrammes of the Republic RD Allen 17-19

• Annual Competition and an Exhibition DW Painter 19


• Membership matters AR Chilton 20

• Matters of Interest RD Allen 20

• TETE BECHE or not: question of identity RD Allen 20

1996 Volume 44, Number 2 Whole No 254 • Report from the London group meeting DW Painter 4

• Report from the Carlisle group meeting JB Carter 4

• A visit to Pretoria JB Carter 5

• Proposal for a new Society and Notices DW Painter 5

• Election of officers DW Painter 6

• Auctions DW Painter 6

• Requests from members Anon 6

• The Packets DW Painter 6

• Postage Due Marks F Clark 7-8

• A Cachet F Clark 9

• First Definitive – Cross check list J Davis 9

• More use by the Shipping Postmaster J Newman 10

• RSA Watermark – Notes F Clark 10-11

• South African Balloon Mail WA Page 12-17

• Auction Report 1996 A Howgrave Graham 18-21

• The 5th Definitive Issue(Study of the 1c Succulent) WJ Branney 22

• Booklet Postage Rate Pages Overprinted Cancelled A Chilton 23-24

• Membership matters AR Chilton 24

1996 Volume 44, Number 3 Whole No 255 • War Effort: Study of the Bantam 1½d A Howgrave Graham 48-49

• London Group meeting report DW Painter 49

• Booklets shown at London on 11th June 1996 AR Chilton 50

• Union of South Africa – Orange Free State Province

Revenues A Chilton 51-52

• Members respond and enquire DW Painter 53-54



• Postage Due Markings – New information RD Allen 58-63

• Shipping Postmaster Marks SJ Hagger 64-68

1996 Volume 44, Number 4 Whole No 256 • Second Auction report A Howgrave Graham 72

• Cover list, problem WJ Branney 72

• Cleft Skull Query (Silver Jubilee) WJM Philpot 72

• Benzine v Benzene RD Allen 72-73

• RSA Registered envelopes RD Allen 73

• Fifth Definitive Issue One Cent Study WJ Branney 74-75

• Exhibition Postcards JR Newman 75-76


• Mail Service Suspended – WWII F Clark 77-78

• Starting a Rhino hunt (‘SA Philatelist’ – August 1996) DW Painter 79

• Abel Trophy Competition RD Allen 79-80

• Items of interest – South African Stamp Study Circle DW Painter 80


• Airmails 1911 – 1957 J Shaw 86-91

• KGV 2d Definitive (1996 Abell Trophy- winning entry) J Shaw 91-94

1997 Volume 45, Number 1 Whole No 257 • London Meeting Report 2

• Requests: Stamp and Cover Packets Auction 2

• Articles & Queries 2

• Invitation 3

• Queries: 5c Protea - Missing Yellow

• King George Head 1/- Stamp on Cover P de Paris 4-5

• Union Buildings 2d HC47G Issue 14 F Heymann 5

• Coil Dates R D Allen 5-6

• Responses : The Cleft Skull Query SJ Hagger 6

• Mail Service Suspended - WWII Query 6-7

• 1996 Abell Trophy Winning Entry 7



• VAT and Handling Charges RD Allen 7-9

• Identification of Coil Stamps RD Allen 9-10

• One Cent "Coral" Tree F van Rensburg 10-11

• Information and Stamp Issuing Policy 11-12

• Library 12

• Fifth Definitive Issue WJ Branney 13-17

• Membership Information 17

• South African Philatelic Bureau 18-20

• South African Cinderella Story F A Clark 21-27

• When "Rail" Became "Station" 28

• Wicks Medal Award 28

1997 Volume 45, Number 2 Whole No 258 • President's Report R D Allen 30-31

• The Society - Reminiscences from the Last 50 years WA Page 31-32

• Editor's View D W Painter 32

• Enquiries and Replies: 33

• Group III Postage Dues P de Paris 33

• The Cleft Skull Query - Further Details WJM Philpott 33

• Residential Weekend - Dundee 33

• Reply Paid Postcards of the Union AR Chilton 34-47

• South West Africa 1914-22 - The Occupation Period - Part 1 A Howgrave-Graham 48-58

• South Africa Internment Mail - WWII WA Page 59-67

• The Rotogravure 1/- Gnu M Farrell 68-74

• SACS Pkt/Cover/Auction Account 1996 WJ Branney 74

• Frama Vending Machine Labels of RSA and SW AR Lasar 75-85

• A Member Reports - DG Haig 85

• The Springbok Closing Dates - Amendments 85

• A Photographic Record - Fiftieth Anniversary Occasions 86

1997 Volume 45, Number 3 Whole No 259 • Annual Election of Officers DW Painter 88

• Specialist Societies MJH Tonking 88-89

• London Meeting – 15 March 1997 RD Allen 89-90

• Carlisle Meeting 22 March 1997 G Mellor 90-91

• Auction and Packet WJ Branney 91

• Members Respond SJ Hagger 92

• On Naval Service Franks F Clark 92-94

• Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa WA Page 94

• World War 11 – East Africa – A Book WA Page 94

• South Africa Postal Rates Increase DW Painter 95

• Lost Mail F Clark 95

• The 2d Official of 1947 P Williams 95-96

• Mobile Post Office Number 25 WA Page 96-98

• South West Africa 1914-1922 The Occupation Period AJ Howgrave Graham 99-109

• London Meeting 10 June 1997 DW Painter 110

• Membership Matters WA Page 110

• A 50th Anniversary Occasion – Carlisle Meeting – 22 March DW Painter 111

• 1996 Accounts A Caines 112

1997 Volume 45, Number 4 Whole No 260 • Midpex 1997 DW Painter 114

• Officers for 1998 DW Painter 115

• Invitation to Swinpex 1998 DW Painter 115

• SWA Occupation Period Follow up AJ Howgrave Graham 115-116

• Auction Report (National) AJ Howgrave Graham 117-119

• WW1 – The French Connection WA Page 120-121

• The 4d Large War Effort – Query P Williams 121-122

• Red Cross Souvenir Envelopes and Cards 1918 WA Page 123-124

• A WW1 Query WA Page 124-125

• Auction Report WJ Branney 125

• Frama Commentary R Laser 126-127

• Union Aerogrammes Setempe 127-129

• London Meeting 20.09.97 RD Allen 129

• A Leaflet First Day Mark FA Clark 130



• Carlisle Meeting G Mellor 131-133

• A Visit to the North DW Painter 133 • Editorial Farewell DW Painter 133-134

• Random Notes RD Allen 134

• Courtesy and Obligation DW Painter 135

• Membership Matters WA Page 135

• Packet Request WJ Branney 135

• Airmail Routes Study DW Painter 135

1998 Volume 46, Number 1 Whole No 261 • Note from the Editor F Heymann 2

• Alec Page FRPSL JL Shaw 2

• Biblia DW Painter 4

• Report on A.S.P.S. meeting of 11th October 1997 R Glanville-Jones 4

• Swiss versus Harrison Papers RD Allen 5

• New Library acquisitions Brian Carter 5

• Auction Review October 1996 – August 1997 (Part 2) AR Howgrave-Graham 6

• Revenue Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope RD Allen 9

• Plating the ½d JIPEX Panes WJ Branney 10

• New Publications RD Allen 18

• Large Wars RD Allen 19

• SWA Occupational Period (follow up) SJ Hagger 21

• A World War 1 Query SJ Hagger 21

• London Meeting of 6th December1997 RD Allen 22

• Membership Matters AR Chilton 22

• Packet Circuits WJ Branney 23

1998 Volume 46, Number 2 Whole No 262 • Notes from the Editor F Heymann 25

• Alex Page: an appreciation DW Painter 25

• Alex Page: an appreciation J Philpott 26

• A Postal Stationary Puzzle AR Chilton 26

• The Lighthouse on the Bluff SJ Hagger 27

• R1 Rhino Stamp Booklets JW Branney 28

• The Union 10/- Official Stamps J Philpott 28

• Sorting the first Definitives extracted from Atlas Catalogue 29

• The case of the vanishing varieties F Heymann 32

• SWA Occupation Period AJ Howgrave-Graham 32

• Cancels or Bootstamps RD Allen 33

• 1935 Post Office Exhibition – Cape Town FA Clark 33

• Describing flaws in stamps F Heymann 34

• South African Bilingual Issues S Payne 35

• An extract from the S A Philatelist RD Allen 36

• Plating the 1d JIPEX Panes JW Branney 36

• Two requests E Bridges 44

• New Publications RD Allen 45

• New Library acquisitions B Carter 45

• London Meeting 7th March 1998 RD Allen 46

• A Query RD Allen 46

• The Wicks medal F Heymann 47

• For Sale RD Allen 47

• JIPEX Pane Exchange WJ Branney 47

• Members Matters AR Chilton 48

1998 Volume 46, Number 3 Whole No 263 • Editors Comments F Heymann 50

• 2d Bantam Union Buildings Flaws F Heymann 50

• The case of the vanishing varieties SJ Hagger 51

• The values of Vertical Pairs and Singles SJ Hagger 52

• Notes on the JIPEX Panes R Ross 52

• Rhino Perforations F Heymann 53

• Not really a Postal Stationary Puzzle SJ Hagger 53

• The Union 10/- Official Stamps SJ Hagger 54

• Association of British Philatelic Societies R Ross 54

• Auction Report 1997 –98 A Howgrave-Graham 55


• Thoughts on the Alec Page Auction J Shaw 59

• The Wicks Medal The Adjudicators 59

• Midpex 1999 R Ross 60

• London Meeting of 6th June1998 RD Allen 60

• Carlisle Meeting of 29th March 1998 G Mellor 60

• Book Review J Shaw 63

• Literature Offers RD Allen 63

• A few Notes RD Allen 64

• Collection for Disposal F Heymann 64

• The 6th Definitives Setempe 65

• letter V Micheletti 70

• A request R Ross 70

• Swinpex 1998 D Painter 71

• Meetings in the South West D Painter 71

• Membership Matters T Chilton 72

• Statement of Accounts RJ West 73


• The Story behind the Cover F Heymann 75

• The Dot in the 2d Bantam Union Buildings Stamps SJ Hagger 76

• First Facts about South Africa’s Postal Pioneer R Smith 77

• The 4c Protea Stamp F Heymann 79

• The Rouletted Rhino Stamp F Heymann 80

• Various notes and queries F Clark 82

• The 10/- Union Official Stamps J Philpott 83

• Some Comments SJ Hagger 84

• A Note K Radley 85

• The Springbok Cover Design A Howgrave-Graham 86

• The Kruger Stamp that wasn’t Issued A Page 87

• A Note D Painter 90

• RSA Booklets (a check list) A Chilton 90

• Packet Circuits W Branney 92

• The 1949 UPU 3d Stamp J Philpott 93

• A Note RD Allen 93

• A Note RA Hurrell 94

• A Note MJH Tonking 94

• A Note J Philpott 95

• London Meeting of 2nd September 1998 RD Allen 95


• Packet / Cover / Auction Account 1997 WJ Branney 96

• South Africa, Postal and other Markings of World War II Anon 97


• Notes from the Secretary R Ross 3

• The Kruger Stamp (continued) A Howgrave-Graham 4

• The Grahamstown Stamp David Loffstadt 8

• South Africa’s Postal Pioneer R Smith 9

• Airmail Cover P Urwin 10

• 2d Hyphenated Issue 7 MJH Tonking 11

• Various Comments SJ Hagger 11

• KGV Union Stamps B Bussell 12

• Pre-War Officials J Philpott 13

• The 4c Protea RD Allen 13

• For Disposal RD Allen 14

• The 1949 UPU 3d Stamp F Clark 15

• The 1949 UPU 3d Stamp P de Paris 16

• The Rouletted Rhino R Messenger 16

• Reminder about Book D Painter 17

• ILSAPEX 98 Awards 17

• A Request B Stokoe 18

• London Meeting 8th December 1998 RD Allen 18

• Carlisle Meeting 26th September 1998 G Mellor 19

• Calling all Members in the South West 21


• Packet Circuits W Branney 21

• The Library B Carter 22 • Membership Matters AR Chilton 22

• Realisations from Auction 8 W Branney 23



• Lifting the lid on the treasure chest D Haig 27

• 1935 Jubilee Stamps J Philpott 33

• A Catalogue Database J Corbett 33

• The Wicks Medal F Heymann 34

• Appointment of committee members A Chilton 34

• Postmark on KGV Stamp MT Farrell 35

• Postmark on KGV Stamp S Payne 36

• Postmark on KGV Stamp SJ Hagger 36

• Students Bye lines from Transvaal Education News 36

• Further query about KGV stamps B Bussell 37

• Receipt for private box rent F Clark 38

• Union 1d Ship Stamps E Bridges 38

• Information please? RD Allen 39

• Union 24 Mono-coloured RD Allen 39

• JIPEX Covers R Glanville-Jones 40

• The Rhino rears its ugly head again SJ Hagger 41

• Union first Hyphenated 3d Definitive Issue R Sand 41

• Report on A.S.P.S. meeting R Glanville-Jones 41

• London Meeting, 5th March 1999 RD Allen 42

• Carlisle Meeting, 27th March 1999 G Mellor 43

• ABEL Trophy R Ross 44

• JIPEX Panes W Branney 45

• Covers Circuit R Ross 45

• Packet Circuit W Branney 45




• London Meeting 5th June 1999 RD Allen 48

• WW1 Officer POW Camps A Howgrave Graham 49

• Query on KGV Silver Jubilee Stamps B Bussell 50

• S.A. Special Societies Meeting A Chilton 50

• 1½d Stamps with green centres S Payne 52

• Namibian Booklet A Chilton 53

• Postmark Query F Clark 53

• Lifting the lid on the treasure chest (conc) D Haigh 55

• Flaw in KGV Stamp SJ Hagger 69

• An interesting pamphlet F Heymann 69

• Modern RSA Postal Stationary A Chilton 70

• A request R Ross 74

• Wicks Medal Adjudicators 74

• A request E Bridges 74

• Various notes RD Allen 75

• The Packet Circuits Whitlock / Branney 76

• Membership Matters A Chilton 76

• ABEL trophy Notice F Heymann 77


• Notes from the secretary R Ross 79

• Postmark Query F Clark 80

• Addendum to Postmark Query F Clark 82

• Auction report July 1998 to July 1999 A Howgrave Graham 82

• Revenues of South Africa RD Allen 85

• Air Mail rates B Stokoe 86

• JIPEX Covers with Missing Red R Glanville Jones 86


• 1935 Jubilee Stamps SJ Hagger 86

• A Request M Tonking 86

• The Revenue Stamps of RSA G Palazzo 89

• The Cape Town Ladies re-visited, extract from RSASSC Newsletter 89

• The 3d “Groote Schuur” active service letter cards and

airmail letter cards. A Study Project A Chilton 92

• A request M Whitlock 94

• The Cullinan diamond Hern R Laser 98

• 1936 Green and Gold 1½d Stamps S Payne 98

• 1936 Green and Gold 1½d Stamps SJ Hagger 99

• A new catalogue F Heymann 99

• London Meeting 4th September RD Allen 99

• Inaugural Meeting of South West Group N Arrow 100

• ABEL Trophy R Ross 101

• Wicks Medal Adjudicators 102

• Membership matters A Chilton 102

• The sower a la mode, extract RSASSC Newsletter 102

• Statement of accounts R West 103


• Paquetbot Mail without Cache? SJ Hagger 2

• The final years of Postage Due Stamps M Furfie 4

• Revenue Stamps of the Union of South Africa G Palazzo 15

• Revenue Stamps of the RSA G Palazzo 16

• Report on ASPS meeting 6th of November 1999 R Glanville-Jones 19

• 1936 Green & Gold 11/2d stamps with green centres J Philpott 19

• A Note about the Packet Circuits W Branney 20

• A note about the new Library initiative B Carter 20

• London Meeting 7th December 1999 RD Allen 20

• Carlisle Meeting 25th September 1999 G Mellor 21

• Out and about R Ross 22


• email addresses R Ross 23


• The one that got away GND Beale 26

• Amazing printing errors on recent RSA aerogrammes A Chilton 27

• Issue date of SA UH 43 D Brandt 28-29

• The Blue un-hyphenated 2/6d Union stamp UH 43 SJ Hagger 29

• The unhyphenated 2/6d ox wagon shades A Howgrave Graham 30

• RSA Booklet checklist update A Chilton 31-32

• Report on ASPS meeting, 18-03-2000-05-10 R Glanville Jones 33

• Email addresses R Ross 33

• A request G Manning 33

• A request RA Hurrell 34

• The cover packet Circuit M Whitlock 34

• Writing up and needing help M Whitlock 35

• An aspect of apartheid: The native registration fee G Palazzo 35-40

• Fluorescent Antelopes F Heymann 40

• Varieties R Laser 41-42

• Nigerian Scam D Rosser 43

• The History of South Africa: The early years and then some D Haig 44-47

• Aerogrammes CE Oliver 48

• Carlisle meeting 25 March 2000 G Mellor 48-50


• The Wicks medal F Heymann 50

• Abell Trophy F Heymann 50

2000 Volume 48, Number 2a (Special Edition) • A note from the Editor JB Carter 4

• The Stamp Show (London 2000) R Ross 5

• Society Meeting (earls Court) R Ross 5

• Society meeting Earls Court R Ross 6

2000 Volume 48, Number 2a (Special Edition) - Continued Contents Author Page

• The Mountain Boks D Haig 7

• Thematic newsflash D Haig 8-9

• The South African Collectors Society JB Carter 10-11

• South African Aerogrammes D Haig 12-17

• The packet exchange today W Branney 18

• Puzzle Page JB Carter 19

• A note from the auctioneer W Branney 21

• The John H Wicks Medal JB Carter 22-23

• On the Bookshelf D Haig 24-26

• The Abell Trophy JB Carter 27-30

• The Committee Speaks D Haig 31-32

• For Sale JB Carter 32

• Up to date Library list JB Carter 34-57

2000 Volume 48, Number 3 Whole No 271 • A note from the Editor F Heymann 52

• New printers of South African Stamps R Smith 52-53

• The one that did not escape GND Beale 53-54

• Plating the ½d JIPEX panes E Day 54

• Bertram Mackennals association with the opening of the

Union Parliament E Day 54-55

• The History of South Africa part two: The Dutch Years D Haig 55-59


• Graham Mannings FDC’s C Liebenberg 61

• Differences between approved design and end result R Smith 61-62

• Gleanings from an internet newsgroup F Heymann 62-63

• The unhypenated 2/6 gravure-printed stamp J Philpott 63

• Stamp show 2000-12-28 D Painter 63-64

• Some remarks RD Allen 64

• Remarks on Postmarks and on Printers R Laser 64-66

• London meeting, Saturday, 8th March 2000-12-28 D Painter 66-67

• Field Post Office 1 canceller R Laser 68

• News from the South West N Arrow 68-69

• The Library JB Carter 69

• Wicks Medal F Heymann 69

• Email addresses R Ross 70


• Items for sale N Clowes 70-71

• Cover packet circuit M Whitlock 71

• Financial statement R West 72-74

• Letter from RD Allen RD Allen 75

2000 Volume 48, Number 4 Whole No 272 • A note from the Editor F Heyman 79

• The History of South Africa: Part 3 D Haig 80-82

• Unusual cancellations R Laser 83

• 3rd RSA Definitive set – The Proteas F Clarke 84-91

• 4 Queries N Arrow 91-92

• Note on new issues E Hammond 92-93

• A note on aerogrammes RD Allen 93

• South West Group meeting 13th August 2000-12-28 N Arrow 93

• Further news from the South West N Arrow 93-94

• Northern Group meeting: 30th September G Mellor 94-96

• Miscellaneous notes J Philpott 96

• The Special Issue of the Springbok W Grutter 97

• Three queries B Russell 97

• Wicks Medal F Heymann 98

• London Meeting A Chilton 98

• Abell Trophy F Heymann 99

• Committee Membership R Ross 99

• Urgent notice F Heymann 99



• Notes from the editor F Heymann 102

• The Great Trek D Haig 104-109

• The Typographed 3d A Howgrave Graham 109-114

• Sale room tales G Beale 115-116

• Interprovincials A Howgrave Graham 116

• Use of Transvaal Postage Due stamps, Post-Union A Chilton 117-118

• 2d Springbok Head Printed Envelope from 1934? A Chilton & S Payne 118-120

• The Assize overprints on the 1d ship E Bridges 120-124

• 3rd RSA Definitive set (cont) F Clark 124-126

• Brooke Bussell’s queries F Clark 127

• RSA Booklets check list update A Chilton 127-128

• Caveat Emptor J Philpot 129

• Paragraphs from the Union Post and Telegraph Guide

of September 1911 J Dixon 129-130

• Request for literature C Touzell 130

• Notes from the Secretary R Ross 130-131


• Midpex advertisement F Heymann 131

• Ian Pollard advertisement F Heymann 132

Volume 49, Number 2 Whole No 27 • Notes from the Editor 134

• The Philatelic Services, Pretoria F Heymann 134

• World War II Civil Censorship Arms Handstamps C Miller 137

• 3rd RSA Definitive Set - The Proteas F Clark 138

• Tony Howgrave-Graham's Interprovincial Cover G.N.D. Beale 142

• Query About Censored Cover B Bussell 142

• The Use of Computers as a Philatelic Aid J Corbett 142

• A New Postal Stationery Discovery A Chilton 144

• Nostalgia GND Beale 144


• Two Queries A Howgrave Graham 146

• 2nd

Definitives C Touzell 147

• Auction Report 1999 - 2000 A Howgrave-Graham 147

• Notes from The Secretary 154

• London Meeting of 7lh

April A Chilton 154

• The Cover Packet Circuit M Whitlock 155

• News from the South West N Arrow 155



• Airmail Queries F Clark 159

• World War 2 Civil Censorship Southern Rhodesia Handstamp C Miller 161

• Society Members at MIDPEX 163

• Photographs of Union Essays J Corbett 163

• Two Queries about Airmail Covers P Unwin 165

• Query about a Postal Slogan N Gomm 167

• Cliche varieties of the 6th

Definitives R Lasar 168

• Various Notes from SJ Hagger 173

• Abell Trophy Competition The Editor 173

• Wicks Medal from The Editor 174

• Carlisle Meeting, 31 March G Mellor 174

• London Meeting, 23 June A Chilton 176

• South African Specialist Societies' Meeting at SWlNPEX 2001 A Chilton 177

• Joint Meeting of S.A.C.S and R.S.C. G Mellor 177

• In Memoriam Wilhelm (Jack) Grutter, RDPSA, Stan Naylor RDPSA A Chilton

• Notes from the Secretary 179

• Packet and Auction Matters W Branney 179


• E-Mail Addresses R Ross 180


• Covers from the S.A.Postal Bureau C Oliver 184

Volume 49, Number 4 – Continued Contents Author Page

• Book Review F Clark 185

• French Prisoners Of War in South Africa C Spong 187

• Various Notes SJ Hagger 190

• WW2 Civil Censorship J Philpott 191

• 2nd Definitives C Touzell 191

• Muizenberg to Kenilworth Flight B Stokoe 191

• London Meeting, 1 September 2001 J Shaw 192

• King George VI Collectors Society Meeting J Shaw 193

• Autumn Stampex J Shaw 193

• Union Essays L Crandel 194

• Joint Meeting of R.S.C and S.A.C.C. 10 Nov 2001 G Mellor 194

• Carlisle Meeting, 29 September 2001 G Mellor 196

• Wicks Medal Editor 198

• Notes From The Secretary 198

• Notes on Packet Circuit W Branney 200

• Notes on Cover Packets M Whitlock 200


• Index to Vol 49 202

2002 Volume 50, Number 1 Whole No 277 • Notes from the Editor 2

• 1936 Empire Exhibition Halfpenny Air Mail Cards R Ross 2

• 6th

Definitives with English names R Lasar 3

• Alles sal regkom L Crandel 4

• 3c Protea Cylinder 722 R Smith 4

• Airmail Queries F Clark 6

• Chester 2002 G Mellor 7

• Bats on Stamps R Lasar 10

• Miscellany J Corbett 10

• Endangered Fauna R Lasar 11

• Natal settlers' Centenary Issue J Turner 12

• Photographs of Union Essays E Bridges 12

• Fiscal Stamps for Franking R Lasar 13

• Republican Varieties J Turner 15

• SWA Overprints on Bantam War Effort Issues M Tonking 15

• Various Notes E Hammond 16

• Member's Display G Mellor 16

• KGV Silver Jubilee Stamps F Heymann 16

• Stamps in Schools Project The Secretary 16


• Financial Statement for 2000 R West 18


• Rustenburg Frama Labels R Lasar 22

• Wanted: dated bilingual definitive singles from 1929-1940 S Payne 22

• Revenue Stamps of the Union of South Africa G Palazzo 24


• Computers and Philately The Secretary 27

• An Updated Listing of the 1935 Silver Jubilee Varieties Part I of II N Donen 28

• Photographs of Union Essays C Oliver 33

• Union 2d London Printing SJ Hagger & M Tonking 33

• An Unusual South African Machine Postmark N Gomm 34

• CSAR Perfins J Philpott 41

• Wicks Medal The Editor 42

• Book Review A Chilton 42

• Abell Trophy from R Ross 43

• Request for Material N Arrow 43

• London Meetings, important Notice A Chilton 43

• London Meeting, March 2002 J Shaw 43

• South West Group Meeting, 28 April 2002 N Arrow 45

• Carlisle Meeting, 6 April 2002 G Mellor 46

• Packet Circuit and Auction W Branney 47


Volume 50, Number 3 Whole No 279


• Notes from the Editor 51

• Tony Chilton FRPSL - 1950-2002 J Shaw 51

• An unusual South African machine postmark Part 2 of 2 N Gomm 53

• CSAR perfins SJ Hagger 59

• 1936 South Atlantic Air Route -Catapult Mail R Ross 59

• SWA Overprints on Bantam War Effort Issues M Tonking 61

• Interesting Cancellation R Lasar 61

• An Updated Listing of the 1935 Silver Jubilee Varieties Part 2 of 2 N Donen 62

• The Union Officials - Sheet Numbers M Tonking 68

• Union Officials J Philpott 71

• Philately and the Internet J Brooke 71

• South African Specialist Societies Meeting

Saturday 8th June SWINPEX 2002 J Woolgar 72

• South Western Group Newsletter N Arrow 72

• London Meeting of 15 June 2002 D Painter 73

• Auctions W Branney 74



• 1½d Large Goldmine Stamp F Clark 77

• Studies on the South African Roto Bilingual

Pictorials of the 1930’s S Payne 78



• Association of Scottish Societies Congress R Glanville-Jones 83

• The Design of the first 1/- pictorial Definitive A Howgrave-Graham 84

• Congratulations to Brian Trotter The Editor 89

• Union Aerogrammes E Bridges 89

• Revenue Stamps Postally used G Palazzo 90

• Revenues for Postal and interprovincial use A Howgrave-Graham 92

• Fiscal Stamps for franking A Howgrave-Graham 93

• Website A Howgrave-Graham 94

• Display Trophy The Secretary 94

• Carlisle Meeting 7th Sept. 2002 R Ross 95

• Membership matters C Oliver 96

2003 Volume 51, Number 1 Whole No 281 • Notes from The Editor 100

• Update of SA Official Sheet Numbers R Hisey 101

• National Flood Disaster Issue C Oliver 104

• Frama Labels R Lasar 104

• D Haig – Presidential display, Lanarkshire PS RC Dow 105

• 1/- Gnu Officials UHB Set 17 No 82 R Hisey 106

• KGVI Coronation variety F Heymann 107

• The 1935 Set 10 & 11 ½d Officials A Howgrave-Graham 107

• Chester 2002 R Ross 109

• Union Officials 1/- UHB 0107 V6 P Williams 110

• Empire Exhibition Last day card L Elmore 110

• Interesting jubilee purchase J Philpott 111

• Abell Trophy award F Heymann 111

• Notes from the Secretary 112


• January 2003 London Meeting J Shaw 113

• Chester 2002 - Chairman's Comments 114

• Membership comments C Oliver 115

• Packet circuit W Branney 115

• Library B Carter 115

• Chester 2000 Pictures D Haig 116


• An unusual 1925 Airmail cachet J Shaw 120

• World’s highest philatelic honour or Alan Drysdall, RDPSA, FRPSL J Shaw 122

• Empire Exhibition last day card R Ross 123

• Replies to queries M Tonking 123


• The Union Officials M Tonking 124

• Jipex First day of issue cover 1½ d Mine Dump R Ross 128

• Tolkien D Haig 129

• Final booklets 1951 W Branney 131

• For Sale D Painter 137

• Meeting 17 May 2003 J Shaw 137

• Packet circuit W Branney 139


• Missing Red Cachet (Southern Africa not red) R Ross 141

• Surcharge Mail from South Africa E Day 142

• ALGOAPEX 2002 Cancellers from R Lasar 142

• More covers from the SA Postal Bureau C Oliver 144

• Empire Exhibition Last Day cards R Glanville-Jones 146

• Wants List M Flack 146

• 1951 Final booklets M Tonking 148

• 1951 Final booklets SJ Hagger 148

• Information About Cover M Whitlock 148

• Some Special Cancellers from O Schulze submitted by R Lasar 150

• The London Meeting 19 July 2003 C Oliver 157

• Chairman’s Notes J Shaw 158

• Society at Leamington Spa Convention AGM C Oliver 159

• Secretary’s Notes R Ross 160

• Joint meeting with Rhodesian Society R Ross 161

• Joint meeting of Southern Africa Specialist Societies J Woolgar 161


• Abell Trophy competition The Editor 163

• Last Booklets. Al to A5 Illustrations SJ Hagger 163

• Last Booklets. A6 to A10 SJ Hagger 164


• The Voortrekker Monument D Haig 166

• Officials Collection J Philpott 176

• Publication –Awareness F Clark 177

• The hyphenated Deep Blue – 1954 Formerly SG 117b P Williams 178

• Proposed Book on Postal Rates F Clark 179


• Abell Trophy The Editor 179

• Record of Annual General Meeting Secretary 180

• Southern Africa Philatelic Convention 21-23 November 2003 C Oliver 182

• Carlisle Meeting 29 Sept 2003 M Ridsdale 185

• London meetings venue The Secretary 187

• Another excellent meeting at the Royal C Oliver 187

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