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TRANSVAAL 1879 Queen Victoria issue

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Currency: 12 Pence - 1 Shilling; 20 Shillings = 1 Pound

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The South African Republic (Z. Afr. Republiek), founded by the Boers in 1860, was occupied by the British in 1877 and the name of the country changed to Transvaal. The republic was restored in 1884 and re-occupied in 1900 to become the British crown colony of Transvaal. It joined the Union of South Africa in 1910. The capital is Pretoria.

Transvaal 1869-1884 issue

 

1879 Queen Victoria

1/2 p red 2 Sh blue

  1/2 p red
  1 p red
  3 p lilac
  4 p green
  6 p black
  1 Sh green
  2 Sh blue

Surcharged

1/2 p on 6 p 'EEN PENNY' on 4 p green '1 Penny' on 6 p black "TWEE PENCE Z.A.R." on 6 p

  'HALVE PENNY Z.A.R.' (red) on 6 p black
  'EEN PENNY' on 4 p green
  '1 PENNY' (black or red) on 6 p black
  '1 Penny' (black or red, 5 types) on 6 p black
  'TWEE PENCE Z.A.R.' (red) on 6 p black

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 p RR RR  
1 p *** ***  
3 p R ***  
4 p RR R  
6 p *** ***  
1 Sh RR RR  
2 Sh RR RR  
Surcharged
1/2 p on 6 p RR RR  
1 p on 4 p *** *** Inverted overprint: RRR
'1 PENNY' on 6 p R R Red surcharge: RR
'1 Penny' on 6 p RR RR Cheapest type; red surcharge: RRR
2 p on 6 p *** ***  


'EEN PENNY' on 4 p green with inverted surcharge


Is this some kind of postal forgery of the 3 p value? Or more likely a cut from some souvenir postcard?


A forgery of the 1 p with printed perforation.

 

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Literature

"Transvaal Philately - The Stamps, Forgeries, Postal History and Miscellanea of the Transvaal Territories from inception to Union" (1986) editorship: Major Ian Mathews with contributions from co-authors Messrs Baker, Bowden, Crocker, Jonkers, Kaupe, van Zeyl and Wigmore, 291 pages.

"Les falsifications du Transvaal" by Léon de Raay (publisher N.Yaar & Co), 1909(?). Can be downloaded from http://www.archive.org.

Websites

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/ymw18/transvl/study%20circle/challnge.html; some history on collecting stamps of Transvaal with a selected bibliography list.

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