Research for Writing on Cape of Good Hope Triangles

Thanks, Bob (anglobob), that's great info and a good start!

Can anyone confirm for a more recent edition than 2018?

Thanks again, Bob.  It is much appreciated.

Thank you very much, Ludovico (rex)! This another good datapoint for me.  It's starting to look like the note may still be the same as it was.

Does anyone have a newer edition: 2020, 2021, or 2022?  If so, please let me know.

Thanks again, Ludovico.... much appreciated!

Hey Chris,

Excellent, Dale (Statesman Stamper), that was just the last piece in the puzzle I was looking for!

Many thanks to all who responded to my request for help, it is much appreciated.

Sincere thanks to Dale, Jack (banknoteguy), Clive (clivel), Ludovico (rex), and Bob (anglobob) for your posts.

This was the main thing I wanted to know, i.e., that the note is still current.  I appreciate Jack's addition that pretty much the same note goes back to 1984.  The reason why I am interested in this is because, in fact, I think that there is at least one inaccurate statement in the note, and I am planning to point that out in my article and provide examples that justify my opinion.

Just for kicks, if anyone has an older SG Catalogue (earlier than 1984), I would be happy to know how far back the note seems to go.  I may put that question to SG and see if they are willing to comment about it.

Thanks for your post, Al (angore).

I have consulted the APRL in the past, but not so far on this project.  I probably should do that.  Thanks for the reminder.

Thanks, Al (angore).  I have just sent you a PM.

I have a hard copy. I can email pics to you but need an email address.

Cheers

sent links to pics in a tsf message

Wow, you are quick and on the ball with this Terri!


David

Just in case anyone was wondering....

The Linn's Stamp News article by Sergio Sismondo is titled Cape of Good Hope: postal reform and its triangle stamps of 1853. It seems to be part of a series titled "Unveiling Classic Stamps", and it was published on 15-Jul-2019.  This is a good article about the history of the region and the start of the postal system in the Cape Colony, including the pre-stamp days.  The author uses images of some very nice stamps as illustration.

The article strikes me as well written, and Sismondo refers to info from Stevenson [1] at least 2-3 times in his account.  The content puts me in mind of one of my own Philatelic Travelogue articles from the TSF Newsletter, where the main gist of the writing is to describe a place and its history and use stamps as illustrations and to support and add to the story.  As this is a technique that I have used on multiple occasions myself, I think it is a good one, and that it makes for an enjoyable read.

Bottom line: I am planning to include a reference to the Sismondo article in my own article in a section for "Additional Reading", as I think it provides some good background info and Sismondo is widely recognized as an important and influential professional philatelist.  The article doesn't deal with identification of the stamps at all, which was what I really wanted to know.  Many thanks again to Terri (philatelia) for the quick and helpful response to my request.  I am currently in research mode as I write my article, and I am just trying to be sure that I haven't missed any pre-existing info on my specific topic, which is turning into a bit of a rabbithole, to be honest.

Thanks to all who have been helping me in this process!

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References
[1] Stevenson, D. Alan. The Triangular Stamps of Cape of Good Hope. H.R. Harmer Ltd., London, 1950.

Chris Beryllium Guy - I have a PDF copy of the Philatelic Society's "Postage Stamps of British Africa, Part 1" from 1906 which has a section on COGH - if you're interested in a copy for your reference, PM me and I can arrange to email it to you.

Hi, everyone:

As I just shipped my Stanley Gibbons Catalogue off to the US, now of course, I need it.  It's always the way....

Based on some comments made during a recent online meeting, I have the impression that somewhere near the beginning of the SG Catalogue, it lists an email address for contacting the editor of the catalogue.  Would someone with an SG Catalogue please take a look and see if you can find this email address?

If it is indeed there, please post it in a response to this thread.

Many thanks, Chris

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Note: After receiving an answer (hopefully), I will merge these posts into my COGH research needs thread.  I thought it would be easier to get a response if the thread title made it clear what I was looking for.

Thanks for checking, Peter (brightonpete).  Hmmm.... I wonder if I misunderstood the comment at the webinar.  That's disappointing.  An online search and a look at the SG website didn't turn up an address for the editor, either.

Well, there is a general enquiries email address on the website, so perhaps I will need to try that.  Thanks again for checking.

That's paydirt, Al (angore)!  Thank you very much!!  Exactly what I was looking for.