Otto Peetoom
Southern Africa Specialist
Ormskirk Stamps
www.southafricanstamps.net

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Botswana Price List

Definitives - Commemoratives

Postage - Dues Booklets
Basutoland
Bechuanaland
S.A. Pre - Union
South Africa
Republic of S. Africa
Swaziland
1933 - 1964 Stamps
Postage Dues - Postmarks

1885 - 1965 Stamps
Postage Dues - Revenues
Cape of Good Hope
Natal - Orange Free State
Stamps - Cylinder Blocks
Postage Dues
1889 -1990 Stamps
Postage Dues - Revenues
Transvaal
Zululand
Varieties
Missing Colours
GSWA - Stamps - Postmarks
Postal Stationery
Postal History
1915 - 21
Occupation
New section to be added
SWA - Stamps - Postage Dues
Officials - Revenues
QEII from 1953
SWA Postal History
Will include
Postal Stationery
Namibia
Pricelist will be updated soon
Section to be added
1915 - 21 Occupation
SWA Postal History
Namibia
Our SWA website is currently in the process of modification (October 2017) it is being added to our southafricanstamps.net site
Work is progressing and the pages are now in a user friendly format

South West Africa includes German South West (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Stamps, a Booklet, Postmarks, Postal Stationey (mint and used), Postcards
plus Postal History.

During WWI, after the surrender of the Germans on 9 July 1915, the administration of the country was taken over by the Union of South Africa who established a military régime - This period is covered by postmarks and postal history using South African Kings heads.

On 1 January 1921 Civil Administration of South West Africa commenced and the first overprinted stamps were introduced on 1 January 1923.
Our extensive stock covers the entire period to 1990 - The country became Independent & renamed Namibia and we also stock these issues up to 2017
Special Weekend Offer - Buy it Now!
1954 Definitives - Watermark Springbok head - SG 154 to 165 mint (SG catalogue £50)
P & P - UK £1, Europe £2 & Overseas £3
SG 154 - 165 Mint £15
Updated Information added January 2020
Other Sites
For Basutoland we offer Stamps and Specimens of KGV, KGVI and QEII plus Postage Dues, Revenues, Postmarks, Postal Stationery.
There is a brief History of Basutoland and a good range of Postal History which includes early covers, items posted during the Boer War and P.O.W. mail to Camps in Ceylon. We also offer covers posted from scarce Post Offices.
Our Bechuanaland stock includes Stamps, blocks and varieties from British Bechuanaland that includes the £1 and £5 high values used.
The Bechuanaland Protectorate offers stamps from the Reign of Queen Victoria, KEVII, KGV, KGVI and QEII plus Specimens, Postage Dues, Revenues. The overprinted Seahorse issue includes a stunning mint block of four and we also offer a rare multiple of a KGV 1/- with inverted watermark. Postal Stationery and Postal History is well represented including a Die Proof and SPECIMENS.

In January 2015 I developed a new website that promotes the Philately of Bechuanaland and Botswana (See link above)
A Comprehensive Botswana Pricelist is available - See top of page
South African Philately is well represented starting with a range of material from the Pre-Union Provinces of the Cape of Good Hope, Orange Free State, Natal and Transvaal with strength in stamps of KEVII. Zululand offers a range of stamps of Queen Victoria. The Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961 includes stamps, Officials, Postage Dues and Booklets. We stock cylinder blocks, varieties and anything unusual.
Major varieties feature prominently and we currently own the rarest known varieties.

Our Republic of South Africa includes a good range of the first 1961 - 1973 Definitives in Cylinder blocks, larger multiples plus later issues.
We have on offer the 1987 40c Bible Stamp unmounted mint and commercially used. There are varieties and Postage Dues.

Our Swaziland stock includes the early Transvaal Overprints both on and off cover. KGV includes the stamps and Specimens and there is a large range of KGVI blocks and Imprints. We offer a Postage Due Die Proof and an excellent range of covers to suit all tastes.
During the last few years I have published articles on the Major Varieties of the Union of South Africa in The South African Philatelist,
The Springbok - the foregoing is the Journal of the South African Collectors' Society.
Some of these articles also appear on the Society Website Follow the Link Below
Our journal Southern Africa Philately has proved very popular and seven issues are currentlu available
Official website of the S.A.C.S.
On Line since January 2014

Embracing the Philately of Southern Africa

Subscribe to a Journal with articles covering
South and Central Africa

Information about the Concept

Issue No 1 can be downloaded in PDF follow above link

Three issues containing 44 pages each are currently
available each year (No's 1 to 14)
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