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In 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed from the colonies of Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal, Natal and Orange River Colony. All Cape stamps except the triangulars were valid for use in all of the Union until they were demonetised on 31 December 1937, along with the issues of
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On 18 February 1858 two new values became available: a six pence and a one shilling. The six pence rate was for payment of half ounce letters to Great
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Despite the popular nickname, the stamps were in fact engraved on steel by C.J Roberts. Each stamp was individually cut into a single piece of metal (known as a cliche) so there are many slight variations. 64 cliches were then glued to wooden blocks for printing. Two were accidentally placed into
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Due to a shortage of one penny and four pence stamps, a local printer, Messrs. Saul
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155:Prints from the original wood-blocks
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108:The first triangular stamps
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116:4d Cape Triangular, SG 19
22:1d Cape Triangular, SG 18
915:Niger Coast Protectorate
760:German South West Africa
625:Central African Republic
463:Cape of Good Hope stamps
94:Dutch East India Company
47:This is a survey of the
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1045:Somaliland Protectorate
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590:British East Africa
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256:D. Alan Stevenson,
210:The first items of
68:Postal stone (1632)
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740:French West Africa
595:British Somaliland
405:Frescura, Franco.
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1060:South West Africa
980:Portuguese Guinea
965:Orange Free State
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920:Niger Territories
730:French Somaliland
690:Equatorial Guinea
620:Cape of Good Hope
580:British Cameroons
441:Rosenthal, Eric.
383:Sehler, Norbert,
314:Cape of Good Hope
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195:Postal stationery
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895:Mozambique
870:Mauritania
855:Madagascar
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245:References
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1090:Swaziland
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540:Ascension
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286:Archived
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