Orange Free State Postal Cards of 1884-1900 (Philately of Southern Africa)

This volume brings to life the regularly issued postal cards and the provisionally issued postal cards of the Orange Free State - now part of South Africa. This is a Grand-Award winning stamp exhibit of postal cards (those with postal indicia) and not postcards (those where a stamp has to be affixed). Prepared by a master exhibitor, it is a mini course in how to prepare a world-class exhibit.It addresses, in a very thorough fashion, rate changes, settings, and printings of the Republican issues. Cards overprinted by the British are excluded. It includes the postal cards of 1883/84, issue of 18889, surcharges in 1891, cards of 1891-1897 with 18 printings and the three different definitive cards of 1898.The exhibit contains numerous rarities that will delight the reader. Read more