Southern Africa Stamp Catalogue 3rd Edition

The Southern Africa catalogue covers South Africa, with the pre-Union issues of the Cape of Good Hope, Griqualand West, Natal, New Republic, Orange Free State, Transvaal and Zululand and the Homelands issues of Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and Venda.  Also included are Botswana (Bechuanaland), eSwatini (Swaziland), Lesotho (Basutoland) and Namibia (South West Africa).

KEY SELLING FEATURES:

• Details of issues up to 1970 have been extracted from Stanley Gibbons 2026 Commonwealth and British Empire Catalogue.
• Later issues have been revised and updated especially for this catalogue.
• Illustrated in colour.
• A helpful guide included to aid the collector in using the catalogue.
• Contact details are provided for societies with an interest in Southern Africa.

·       Article on Transvaal 1d. black ‘Arms’ stamp of 1883 by Lars Jorgensen FRPSL, reprinted from Gibbons Stamp Monthly.

NEW FOR THIS EDITION

           All issues of German South West Africa listed and priced, including the stamps of Germany used in the colony.

·       Priced listings for Cape of Good Hope Stamps used in Basutoland (1872-1912) and South African stamps used in South West Africa (1915-1923).

·       Transvaal stamps used in Swaziland extended to 1912.

·       Railway company overprints, stencil cuts and perfins added for Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal.

·       Several new errors and varieties added, including the Zululand Queen Victoria £5 with black printing double.

·       South Africa booklet listings expanded.

·       Lesotho surcharges of 1986-88 rewritten and extended.

·       New notes added throughout the catalogue.

·       Prices revised in line with the current market.