Journal Topics - June 2017

We continue to explore CGH, Natal and Zululand themes with a combination of research, history and related matters and have included the following:

Natal Postage/Postage Overprints of 1870-73 - This colourful set of stamps with overprints printed by De La Rue over a 4 year period, has some unexpected quirks, which may not be obvious to all collectors. This article aims at highlighting these features.
Natal 5/- Carmine on Cover- This short article looks at an unexpected and possibly a unique discovery of a 5/- stamp on a cover.
Cape – Mail to and from St. Helena by Union Packet - John Dickson has provided yet another of his authoritative articles on Southern African Sea Mails, this time examining several covers which appeared in a recent Grosvenor Auction.
A Solution to an unidentified postmark (posed by Johnny Barth) in the September 2016 Journal, has now been found and set out in this article.
Cape Victorian Postal Stationery which has not had much coverage in recent times, makes its appearance in Part 1of a review of this material by your editor.
Zululand Telegraphs – a Study of Surviving Material and Selected Archival Records has been provided by Peter Whitmore, a work which in his own words, has been put together over a number of years. This is truly a magnus opus which throws much fresh light on the development of telegraphs in Zululand.
Finally there is a short Appendix entitled Music Hall in Johannesburg 1886-1896 which is part of a much larger article found when researching the cover with the Natal 5/-. For those wishing to read more about this, the Website is identified in the Appendix.

So again, there are a variety of topics across the Southern African colonies; I look forward to your comments and feedback.

Simon Solomon
Honorary Editor

Rael SolomonJune 30, 2017