rod222
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Posts: 11,088 
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Jan 10, 2014 11:03:26 GMT
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Mick
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Posts: 994
What I collect: Mostly covers and postmarks. Also miscellaneous paper ephemera.
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Post by Mick on Feb 14, 2014 23:23:48 GMT
Rod, how common is it to find used copies of the various Bantustan stamps? I imagine they must be a lot less common than unused ones.
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,754
What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Feb 15, 2014 0:18:24 GMT
Rod, how common is it to find used copies of the various Bantustan stamps? I imagine they must be a lot less common than unused ones. I have come across quite a few of them over the years, nothing purchased specifically, just things I have found in kiloware. I recall buying a large lot many years ago of worldwide kiloware and a smaller lot of African kiloware, and both were rich in homelands definitives, plus a few commemoratives. A few of the stamps below are from First Day Cover cutouts, but probably 90% here is postally used, and probably 80% of that came from that single source. Lucky, I guess!  Ryan |
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rod222
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Posts: 11,088
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2014 11:02:52 GMT
Rod, how common is it to find used copies of the various Bantustan stamps? I imagine they must be a lot less common than unused ones. I am glad Ryan chipped in, I had no idea, very rarely see them myself. Ryan's collection appears to be the "Mother Lode" |
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brightonpete
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On a hike at Goodrich-Loomis
Posts: 5,110
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Post by brightonpete on Jun 27, 2018 14:03:52 GMT
 A souvenir card from Capex '78 |
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wilford
Member
I also voted. Trying to decide on a topic for my next article.
Posts: 136
What I collect: Courthouses, judges, laws, lawyers. South African Homelands. Rockwell Kent (1939 Christmas Seal)
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Post by wilford on May 14, 2020 19:50:39 GMT
Here is a nice letter sheet from Sun City in Bophuthatswana, postally used from Sun City. Also a nice use of the Historic Thaba Nchu souvenir sheet.  |
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angore
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Posts: 5,706
What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on May 14, 2020 20:02:28 GMT
I had to look the country up. The south African areas sure seemed to go in all sorts of directions.
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clivel
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Posts: 387
What I collect: Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Rhodesias, South Africa, Swaziland, Israel to 1980, Ireland predecimal, Palestine Mandate
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Post by clivel on May 15, 2020 1:52:58 GMT
Here is a nice letter sheet from Sun City in Bophuthatswana, postally used from Sun City. Also a nice use of the Historic Thaba Nchu souvenir sheet. Sun City is on what was once my grandfather's farm. Unfortunately, when the land was sold after he died in the 1950's, Sun City was still a long way off and the land wasn't worth very much.
Clive
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wilford
Member
I also voted. Trying to decide on a topic for my next article.
Posts: 136
What I collect: Courthouses, judges, laws, lawyers. South African Homelands. Rockwell Kent (1939 Christmas Seal)
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Post by wilford on May 15, 2020 21:17:21 GMT
Clive, thanks for sharing that fascinating story. Stamp collecting is sure a fascinating hobby. Here's another cover from Sun City.  |
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