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NATAL (South Africa) 1902 and miscalleneous

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1902 King Edward VII, inscription "POSTAGE REVENUE" or "POSTAGE POSTAGE"

  1/2 p green
  1 p red
  1 1/2 p black and green
  2 p green and red
  2 1/2 p blue
  3 p grey and lilac
  4 p brown and red
  5 p orange and black
  6 p brown and green
  6 p lilac (POSTAGE POSTAGE)
  1 Sh blue and red
  1 Sh black on green (POSTAGE POSTAGE)
  2 Sh lilac and green
  2 Sh blue and lilac on blue (POSTAGE POSTAGE)
  2 Sh 6 p lilac
  2 Sh 6 p red and black on blue (POSTAGE POSTAGE)
  4 Sh yellow and red

These stamps have perforation 14.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Larger size

(Last two images obtained from http://www.sandafayre.com )

  5 Sh red and blue
  5 Sh red and green on yellow (POSTAGE POSTAGE)
  10 Sh brown and red
  10 Sh red on green (POSTAGE POSTAGE)
  1 Pound blue and black
  1 Pound black and lilac on red (POSTAGE POSTAGE)
  1.10 Pound violet and green
  1.10 Pound lilac and orange
  5 Pounds black and lilac
  10 Pounds orange and green
  20 Pounds green and red

The higher values were mainly used fiscally.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

A 1 p stamp can be found with the overprint "NOT FOR USE", this originates from a booklet issued in 1907, one stamp in this booklet was overprinted in this way. This stamp is rare in this condition:

("NOT FOR USE" overprint)

Typical railway cancels.

A stamp which was used for fiscal purposes with a forged postal cancel applied to it.

Primitive forgeries exists of the higher values:

Primitive forgeries.

Official stamps

1904 King Edward stamps overprinted "OFFICIAL"

  1/2 p green
  1 p red
  2 p green and red
  3 p grey and lilac
  6 p brown and green
  1 Sh blue and red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Postcards etc.

Examples:

"HALFPENNY" brown and "ONE PENNY" red.

Elliptic design 1 p red.

I've also seen a 1 1/2 p grey cut with the image of Queen Victoria (ellipsoidal shape).

(Wrapper, reduced sized image)

What is this? A very small sized 1 p cut with a circle with Queen Victoria inside.

Fiscal stamps

Example, inscription "NATAL REVENUE" (issued from 1882 onwards):

The following values exist: 1 p lilac, 4 p lilac, 6 p lilac, 9 p lilac, 1 Sh lilac and red, 4 Sh lilac and red, 5 Sh lilac and red, 6 Sh lilac and red, 9 Sh lilac and red, 1 Pound lilac and blue, 1 Pound green, 1.10 Pound lilac and blue, 5 Pounds green and red, 10 Pounds green and blue and 20 Pounds green and black. A surcharged stamp 1 Sh on 4 Sh lilac and red exists as well.

As postage stamps of King Edward, but inscription "REVENUE REVENUE":

Several values exist ranging from 6 p to 20 Pounds.

Telegraph stamps

In 1881 special telegraph stamps were issued for Natal, they have the face of Queen Victoria and the inscription "NATAL TELEGRAPHS". The following values were issued: 1 p brown, 3 p red, 6 p olive, 1 Sh green, 2 Sh violet, 5 Sh blue, 10 Sh brown(?), 1 Pound brown and 5 Pounds orange.

There also exist some fiscal stamps with overprint "TELEGRAPH" and surcharge (5 values, issued in 1902). I have no pictures of those right now.

Natal Government Railway

Prepaid Parcel NRC (Natal Government Railway); no country name indicated; 1 p violet, 3 p green, 6 p violet.

"N G R PARCELS STAMP."

Stamps with inscription "N G R PARCELS STAMP." are also parcel stamps from the Natal Government Railways. I have seen the values 1 p green, 3 p green, 6 p green, 9 p green, 9 p grey, 1 Sh light blue, 2 Sh red, 5 Sh lilac. Similar stamps, but with inscription "S A R" (South African Railways) or "C S A R" (Central South African Railways) were issued for South Africa and "C G R" for Cape of Good Hope.

Fournier forged cancel

The forger Fournier made a forged cancel "POINT NATAL A MY 23 03" as shown in the next picture taken from a 'The Fournier album of philatelic forgeries':

If anybody knows on what stamp(s) this forged cancel was used, please contact me! I presume it was used on cleaned up fiscally used stamps. I've seen a similar cancel on the 5 Sh Queen Victoria stamp:

Genuine(?) Point Natal cancel.

FOX HILL (Local issue)

Thought to be bogus stamps for a long time, they appear to have been genuine. However, no used stamps are known to exist. There are three types:

Type 1: with E R / 1 D in the center and "NATAL" on top and "FOX HILL" at the bottom. Printed in blue.

Type 2:

T.W.J. monogram in the center, "FOX HILL" on top, "NATAL" below, "LOCAL POST" on the left, "ONE PENNY" on the right. Color of the stamp: purple

Type 3 with a very primitive portrait of King Edward VII and "FOX HILL" on top. Printed in purple color.

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