Cape and Natal Study Circle
(formerly Natal & Zululand Study Circle)

The Natal & Zululand Study Circle was established on 21st October 1996 at a meeting on the premises of the Royal Philatelic Society, London.  The society was formed to encourage the study of the postal history, postage stamps, revenue stamps and postal stationery of Natal and Zululand during the colonial period and the inter-provincial period which followed.

In January 2006, following a referendum of members, it was decided that the society should be known as the Cape & Natal Study Circle. The objects of the society have been extended to cover the Cape of Good Hope, Griqualand West, British Kaffraria and the Transkeian territories in addition to Natal and Zululand.  From 2007 the journal has been published as Cape & Natal Philatelic Journal.

Committee

Membership

Subscriptions

Publications

Journal Contents

Committee

The committee of the Society is as follows:

Ian Shapiro	Hon. Chairman
Alan Harley	Hon. Treasurer
John Dickson	Hon. Secretary
Robert Johnson	Hon. Editor
Dr Alan Drysdall Martin Eichele
Richard Stroud

Local representatives of the Society have been appointed as follows:

Roger Porter	South Africa
Dr. Guy Dillaway	North America

The Hon. Auditor is Keith Hanman

Membership

Membership of the Society is on a calendar year basis. The current membership subscription for UK members paying in Sterling is £10 p.a.  For persons residing outside the UK but paying in sterling the rate is £15 by sea or £20 by air.

Persons paying in sterling should remit to the Hon. Secretary, but South African and U.S. members have the option of making payment in local currency to their local representative.

South African subscribers paying R190 p.a., will receive the journal by sea; R250 p.a. if by air.

North American subscribers may pay US$24 p.a. by sea; US$32 p.a. if by air.

European members may pay in Sterling or Euro notes at the rate of £15 or E20 p.a.

Members may pay two years subscription at one time.

Subscriptions from any part of the world may be paid in sterling by PAYPAL by adding 4% to the amount due and making the payment to johndickson@nzsc.demon.co.uk

The Hon. Secretary, John Dickson, may be contacted at:  

Telephone:	UK (0)1460 241534
E:mail	johndickson@nzsc.demon.co.uk
or by post at:	Lismore House  Shepton Beauchamp  ILMINSTER  Somerset TA19 0LJ  United Kingdom

Subscriptions

Persons wishing to become members of the society should provide their full name and postal address and the appropriate fee to one of the addresses indicated below:

Payment in Sterling / Euros:

Subscription	£10 with Journal by inland mail to UK addresses.  £15 / E20 with Journal posted to Europe.  Elsewhere £15 with Journal by surface mail or £20 airmail.
Cheques made out to	Cape & Natal Study Circle.
Send to:	John Dickson  Lismore House  Shepton Beauchamp  ILMINSTER  Somerset TA19 0LJ  United Kingdom

Payment in Rand:

Subscription	R190 with Journal by surface mail, or R250 by air mail.
Cheques made out to	J. N. Dickson
Send to:	Roger Porter  12 Forest Lane  3245 HILTON  SOUTH AFRICA South African members should pay only against invoice.

Payment in US $:

Subscription	US$24 with Journal by surface mail, or $32 by air mail.
Checks made out to	Guy Dillaway
Send to:	Dr. Guy Dillaway  P O Box 181  WESTON MA02493  USA

Earlier issues of the journal, if available may be purchased by members on payment of £4 per issue for each issue required – plus postage.

Publications

The study circle has published the following:

Bibliography of the Philately and Postal History of Natal and Zululand – revised enlarged edition.

This is a CD of over 100 "pages" and is available to members and non-members alike on payment of £5 / E8 to addresses in the UK or Europe (orders to John Dickson – see above, cheques payable to the Cape & Natal Study Circle); by airmail to North America at $12 (orders and payments to Guy Dillaway see above) or to South Africa at R120 payable against invoice (orders to John Dickson - see above) or elsewhere at £6.

Postal Stationery of Natal by John Dickson and Keith Hanman

This is a book of 250 pages and is available to members at £22 post free (Rand 320, $32 by surface mail) or to the public at £30 (Rand 450, $45) including surface mail.

Payment for either of the above from any part of the world may be made in sterling by PAYPAL by adding 4% to the amount due and making the payment to johndickson@nzsc.demon.co.uk

Collectors' Exhibition Series

This is a series of reproductions in full colour of important exhibition displays of Cape, Natal and Zululand material. The study circle has published the following in this series:

   No. 1: Zululand. Clive Sergay's Gold Medal collection.

This book in 80 coloured pages is available to members at £20 (Rand300, $30) plus postage. NOW SOLD OUT

No. 2:  Postal History of Natal 1845-1902. Gold Medal exhibit.

President's Grand Prix Award at DURSAPEX 2004.

This compact disk provides a full colour copy of the Gold Medal display.

Available to members at the following prices:

    - In the UK @ £8 by sterling cheque payable to Cape & Natal Study Circle.
    - By airmail to South Africa @ R140 by Rand cheque payable to "J. N. Dickson".
    - By airmail to North America @ $20 by U.S. $ check payable to Guy Dillaway.
    - In Europe @ E10 payable in Euro notes.
    - Elsewhere by air @ £10 payable in sterling to Cape & Natal Study Circle.

Members should send payment with order to John Dickson at Lismore House; Shepton Beauchamp; Ilminster; TA19 0LJ; UK.
Payment for the above, from any part of the world, may be made in sterling by PAYPAL by adding 5% to the amount due and making the payment to johndickson@nzsc.demon.co.uk

Journal Contents Natal & Zululand Post

The first issue of the journal, the Natal & Zululand Post, appeared in March 1997. It is distributed quarterly. The contents of the Natal & Zululand Postfor the 10 years of its publication as follows:

Volume 1, Number 1 (March 1997)

The embossed revenue stamps of Natal, 1846 to 1868 by John Dickson	1
The puzzled postmaster and the double deans - a Maritzburg mix-up by Jim Draper	16
The Wilson Wong Collection of Zululand by Brian Cartwright	19
Official revenue cancellations by Giovanni Palazzo	22
Paragraphs on Natal postal history 1 by Jim Draper	23
The Jeffery K Weiss, FRPSL, Collection by Brian Cartwright	24

Volume 1, Number 2 (June 1997)

The embossed revenue stamps of Natal, 1846 to 1868; part II Natal embossed stamps from the dies by B. Wyon of London by John Dickson	25
The Victoria Cross at Hlobane, Zululand, 28th March, 1879 by J.C. Kenworthy	36
Letters from Hlobane after the battle of the 28th March, 1879 by John Dickson	42
Postmasters of Natal - Charles John COAKES by John Dickson	48

Volume 1, Number 3 (September 1997)

The embossed revenue stamps of Natal, 1846 to 1868; part III the additional embossed dies of 1868 by John Dickson	49
Dates of opening and closing of Natal post offices to 1879 by John Dickson	68
Zululand postal stationery by Brian Cartwright	73
The first postal service into Zululand by John Dickson	77

Volume 1, Number 4 (December 1997)

Embossed 1d rose and 1d buff by Martin Eichele	79
Natal branch office datestamps and obliterators by John Dickson	84
Natal postal stationery of the Victorian period; postcards and reply cards by John Dickson	96
Zululand at Harmers by Brian Cartwright	103

Volume 2, Number 1 (March 1998)

The General Screw Steam Shipping Company; their mail services to the Cape of Good Hope and to India and Australia by John Dickson	1
Zululand; the period of transition 1879-1887 by Wilson Wong	14
Zululand postal stationery by Brian Cartwright	21

Volume 2, Number 2 (June 1998)

The sea-borne mails of Natal; Part I from the beginning to 1850 by John Dickson	27
The early boxed handstamps of Natal; boxed 'PAID', 'PREPAID' and 'TO PAY' by Jim Draper	44
Postmasters of Natal - John Murray AITCHISON by John Dickson	48
An overview of Zululand philately by Tony Davis	49

Volume 2, Number 3 (September 1998)

The sea-borne mails of Natal; Part II January 1851 to August 1852 by John Dickson	53
Dates of issue of the embossed and Perkins Bacon one penny stamps of Natal by John Dickson	75
Recorded usage of embossed stamps and 'Chalon Heads' 1860 to 1862 by Martin Eichele	85
Natal branch office obliterators by Roger Porter	89
Rorke's Drift by Tony Davis	91

Volume 2, Number 4 (December 1998)

The sea-borne mails of Natal; Part III The coastal service of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company between August 1852 and the end of 1854 by John Dickson	95
De La Rue's essays for a 1 penny revenue stamp by Alan Drysdall	121
Nqutu manuscript cancellations by Steve Wallace	123
The Zululand 5s duty by Tony Davis	124

Volume 3, Number 1 (March 1999)

The earliest handstamps of the Natal post offices; 1850 to 1854 by John Dickson	1
The De La Rue 1d of Natal and its overprints by John Dickson	14
From the diocese of Bloemfontein to that of Zululand; the story of a printing press by Richard Stroud	20
Overseas mail damaged by water at Durban by John Dickson	22
The second definitive issue of Zululand by Tony Davis	24
Natal postal stationery of the Victorian period; postcards and reply-paid cards by John Dickson	29

Volume 3, Number 2 (June 1999)

Natal mails via Bloemfontein prior to the Boshof reforms of 1855 by John Dickson	31
Natal mails through Kaffraria up to 1855 by John Dickson	54
'Current numbers' on Natal Victorian stamps by John Dickson	61
De La Rue's 'cancelled' sheets by John Dickson	63

Volume 3, Number 3 (September 1999)

Sea post between Cape Town and the United Kingdom during the period 1854 to 1856 by John Dickson	67
Natal sea mails 1855 and 1856 by John Dickson	70
Transvaal-Natal combination covers by Alan Drysdall and Keith Klugman	100

Volume 3, Number 4 (December 1999)

The Lindsay packet service - 1856 to 1857 by John Dickson	115
Postscript (to the Lindsay packet service) - a letter by the first sailing of the England by John Dickson	147
Harmers - 30th November 1999	148
Natal Postal Notice of the 11th October 1892	149

Volume 4, Number 1 (March 2000)

A preliminary classification of the Chalon Head stamps of Natal without 'postage' overprint by John Dickson and Jim Lucas	1
Rennie's steamer service between Cape Town and Natal, 1857 to 1862: Part 1 by John Dickson	7
Varieties on Zululand's first overprinted ½d stamp by Tony Davis	22
The postal cancellations of Natal by A. Leon Leslie	24
The Morewood correspondence by John Dickson	29

Volume 4, Number 2 (June 2000)

The origins of the Perkins Bacon 'Chalon head' stamps of Natal by John Dickson	31
Rennie's steamer service; additional illustrations to the first instalment by John Dickson	43
Rennie's steamer service between Cape Town and Natal, 1857 to 1862: Part 2 by John Dickson	45

Volume 4, Number 3 (September 2000)

'Chalon head' stamps of Natal without 'Postage' overprint; the three pence stamps by John Dickson	69
Rennie's steamer service between Cape Town and Natal, 1857 to 1862: Part 3 by John Dickson	89
A cover of 1858 from Natal to Canada by John Dickson	100
Unusual franking on an 1860 cover to the Cape by John Dickson	101
Another Lindsay cover from the Cape by John Dickson	102
A previously unrecorded Durban 'PAQUEBOT' handstamp by Alan Drysdall	102
Natal circular embossed revenue stamps of 1868 by John Dickson	105

Volume 4, Number 4 (December 2000)

'Chalon head' stamps of Natal without 'Postage' overprint; the one penny stamps by John Dickson	107
P.O.A. 3 canceller used as an arrival mark by Werner Seeba	129
Rennie's steamer service between Cape Town and Natal, 1857 to 1862: Part 4 by John Dickson	130
Rennie's steamer service: two interesting covers by Roger Porter	142

Volume 5, Number 1 (March 2001)

'Chalon head' stamps of Natal without 'Postage' overprint; the sixpenny stamps by John Dickson	1
The Union Steam Ship Company's service to the Cape; the first contract, 1857-1862, and its extension into 1863: Part 1 by John Dickson	16
Highflats by Werner Seeba	37
Zululand: items from the Victoria Stamp Company's sale of 27th January 2001	39

Volume 5, Number 2 (June 2001)

The Union Steam Ship Company's service to the Cape; the first contract, 1857-1862, and its extension into 1863: Part 2 by John Dickson	41
The metal dies for the embossed postage stamps of Natal by John Dickson and Cedric Roché	55
Another Rennie cover and a piece of history by Alan Drysdall and John Dickson	59
Umsinga by Werner Seeba	60
A postcard from Mullers Pass	62

Volume 5, Number 3 (August 2001)

The De La Rue sixpenny stamp of 1874 and the Zululand overprint by John Dickson	63
Zululand overprints on GB; the ½d vermilion of 1887 by John Dickson	71
Zululand overprints on GB; the issues of April 1892 by John Dickson	76
Another Rennie cover and a correction to earlier data by John Dickson	80
The Union Steam Ship Company's packet service to the Cape; the first contract, 1857-1862, and its extension into 1863 (post scriptum) by John Dickson	82
Postal Notices of 1895 and 1896	84

Volume 5, Number 4 (December 2001)

The Edwardian 'Customs Duty' stamps of Natal by John Dickson and Jim Draper	85
The Natal 'Queen's Head revenue die of 1886 by John Dickson	101
'PLYMOUTH / PACKET LETTER' datestamp, March to June 1859 by John Dickson and Guy Dillaway	103
'Via Bloemfontein' by John Dickson	106
'SHIP LETTER' handstamp, Hart type X.1. by John Dickson	107
The G.B. 9d stamp overprinted 'ZULULAND' in 1892 by John Dickson	107
The Nqutu manuscript cancellation and cork cancellations on Zululand stamps by Peter Whitmore	109
'ZULULAND'overprint on Natal revenue stamps by John Dickson	111

Volume 6, Number 1 (March 2002)

The Union Steam Ship Company's packet service to the Cape - the second contract 1863-1868 by John Dickson	1
Postmasters of Natal - Francis Spring by John Dickson	12
Zululand overprints on GB postage stamps - an 1889 consignment by John Dickson	13
The Natal 1882 1d (SG 99) with inverted watermark by Peter Whitmore	14
Natal train letters - some examples by John Dickson and Peter Whitmore	15
Royal Mail Service from Natal for Cape ports and England in the early months of the Second Anglo-Boer War by Richard Stroud	17
A British registered envelope posted at POA 9 by John Dickson	18
Natal postcard from the New Republic by John Dickson	19
Natal post offices illustrated on postcards by Werner Seeba	21
More on Zululand overprints on Natal revenue stamps and on the 6d Natal postage stamp by John Dickson	23
A cover addressed to J. T. Rennie from his agent in Durban by John Dickson	24

Volume 6, Number 2 (June 2002)

The Union Steam Ship Company's packet service to the Cape - the second contract 1863-1868 (cont.) by John Dickson	25
Harburg by Werner Seeba	39
The De La Rue halfpenny Victorian postage stamp of Natal by John Dickson	40
Reply-paid postcards with supplementary postage stamps; do they reflect philatelic practices? by John Dickson	49
Zululand - the muddle concerning the 1d revenue stamp by Tony Davis	52

Volume 6, Number 3 (September 2002)

The Union Steam Ship Company's packet service to the Cape - the second contract 1863-1868 (cont.) by John Dickson	55
Postage on mails by the General Screw Steam Ship Company by John Dickson	77
Lindsay Line covers - an update by John Dickson	77
The De La Rue Victorian one penny postage stamp of Natal by John Dickson	78
The De La Rue ½d Natal stamp, perf. 12 by John Dickson	91
GWR 3300 'Bulldog' class Natal Colony by Richard Stroud	92
Inadi by Werner Seeba	92

Volume 6, Number 4 (December 2002)

The Scott Douglas correspondence by John Dickson and Keith Klugman	93
The Union Steam Ship Company's packet service to the Cape; the second contract 1863-1868 (contd.) by John Dickson	107
An underfranked postal stationery card addressed to the UK forwarded via Bloemfontein by Richard Stroud	120
One penny rose/buff embossed stamps - a missing stamp re-united to its cover and a new discovery on a front by Keith Klugman	121

Volume 7, Number 1 (March 2003)

Natal postage stamp booklets by Brian Trotter and Tony Chilton	1
Majuba - the Landon correspondence by John Dickson	5
The 2d rate to the Cape by John Dickson	7
Natal's response to the proposal in 1894 by the Postmaster-General of the ZAR that the South Africa states should adopt a unified colour scheme for their stamps by Alan Drysdall	9
A post office agency in the Dundee area in 1908 by Richard Stroud	19
A Natal Government postcart	23
Inyoni by Tony Davis	24

Volume 7, Number 2 (June 2003)

The Diamond Steam Navigation Company's Atlantic service by John Dickson	29
The Wathen correspondence by Alan Drysdall and John Dickson	54
A letter from the Cape by Alan Drysdall and John Dickson	75

Volume 7, Number 3 (September 2003)

Stamps from De La Rue's 'General Keyplate' supplied to Natal: the 2d postage stamp, the revenue stamps and their overprints by John Dickson	77
Quantities of Zululand overprints on Natal revenue stamps by John Dickson	92
Marginal annotations on Chalon-head sixpenny stamps by John Dickson	93
The 1894 proposals of the Agent-General of the Natal Government by John Dickson	94
The Basuto wars by John Dickson	99
An 1858 cover from France to Cape Colony by John Dickson	100
An 1860 cover with manuscript cancellation by John Dickson	100
Three Natal covers franked at the 1s packet rate by John Dickson	101
Early Natal postcard addressed to the Cape Colony by John Dickson	103
Hermannsburg by Werner Seeba	104
Auctions - the Darge sale by Tony Davis	105

Volume 7, Number 4 (December 2003)

The Mauritius services of the Union Steamship Company 1864-68 by John Dickson	107
Underpaid letters to Cape Town during the period of the Union Steamship Company's second contract by John Dickson and Robert Johnson	130
The Norman (1) and the Cape to Natal mail service in 1863 by Dudley Blascheck	132
An underpaid letter to Natal in 1878 by courtesy of Argyll Etkin	134
Postmasters of Natal - John William Coleman by John Dickson	134
An unrecorded Durban 'PARCELS' datestamp dated Christmas Day 1906 by Peter Whitmore	136
An unrecorded 'POSTAGE PAID' Maritzburg datestamp by Peter Whitmore	137
Zululand revenue stamps by Tony Davis	138
A previously unreported feature of a Zululand datestamp by Tony Davis	140

Volume 8, Number 1 (March 2004)

The Mauritius services of the Union Steamship Company 1864-68 (continued) by John Dickson	1
Postal routes from Natal to the Cape in 1887 by R. N. Porter	26
More on the Scott Douglas correspondence by R. N. Porter	28
More on the Scott Douglas correspondence II by John Dickson and Jim Draper	29
Two voyages of the SS Induna by Richard Stroud	32
Some thoughts relating to the Inyoni / Lower Tugela saga by R. N. Porter	34

Volume 8, Number 2 (June 2004)

The sea-borne mails of Natal, 1863 to 1868: part 1 by John Dickson	37
Overland mail via Newcastle and Wakkerstroom by R. N. Porter	55
An 1863 entire addressed to Utrecht, Buffels Rivier by R. N. Porter	57
The De La Rue surface printed Victorian three pence stamps of Natal by John Dickson	59
Postscript to "The De La Rue halfpenny Victorian postage stamp of Natal by John Dickson  Wartime letters from Durban by David McNamee	66  68
Entonjaneni: Notes on the place and the cancellations by Peter Whitmore	70

Volume 8, Number 3(September 2004)

The sea-borne mails of Natal, 1863 to 1868: part 2 by John Dickson	81
1864 Cape cover to the UK by John Taylor	104
1863 cover from Harrismith to Durban by John Dickson	105
The Pietermaritzburg 'Sunday Fee' by John Dickson and Bram Leeflang	109
A letter from England by the General Screw Steam Ship Company's steamer Cape of Good Hope by John Dickson	110

Volume 8, Number 4 (December 2004)

The sea-borne mails of Natal, 1863 to 1868: part 3 by John Dickson	111
The arms and official seals of the Colony of Natal by John Dickson	129
Chalon-head sixpenny stamps - marginal annotations by "AMcD" by John Dickson	132
Addendum - South African mails via Mauritius, 1866 by John Dickson  De La Rue's telegraph stamps for Natal by John Dickson	133  134
Chalon-head stamps of Natal overprinted 'TELEGRAPH' by John Dickson and Andrew Higson	140
OFS postal orders cashed in Natal by Richard Stroud	142

Volume 9, Number 1 (March 2005)

The sea-borne mails of Natal, 1863 to 1868: part 4 by John Dickson	1
The Royal Navy and the Anglo-Zulu war by John Dickson	18
More on De La Rue's telegraph stamps for Natal by John Dickson	25
Spink sale of the 9th and 10th March, 2005; two covers from the Cape of Good Hope by the General Screw Steam Shipping Company's second contract by John Dickson	26
Spink sale of the 9th and 10th March, 2005; 1866 cover from Natal with retouched 3d stamp by John Dickson	27
A Machadodorp 1d postal stationery card posted at Lourenco Marques by Alan Drysdall	28

Volume 9, Number 2 (June 2005)

The sea-borne mails of Natal, 1863 to 1868: part 5 by John Dickson	29
The First American mission to Natal, 1836 to 1838 by John Dickson	44
A letter recording the annexation of Natalia by Alan Drysdall and John Dickson	52
A fascinating missionary letter by Alan Drysdall and John Dickson	55
Unrecorded essays for Natal Edwardian postcards and wrappers and a proof copy of the Victorian registration medallion by John Dickson	59

Volume 9, Number 3 (September 2005)

The Victorian five shilling postage stamp of Natal by John Dickson	61
American mission to Natal - a letter from Newton Adams to Miss van Tine by Keith Klugman	72
The sea-borne mails of Natal, 1863 to 1868: part 6  by John Dickson	74

Volume 9, Number 4 (December 2005)

The Victorian fourpenny postage stamp of Natal by John Dickson	83
De La Rue watermarks and perforations by John Dickson	90
More on the arms and official seals of of the colony of Natal by John Dickson	92
The Union Steamship Company's packet service to the Cape; the third contract, 1868-72, part 1 by John Dickson	100
'On Active Service' mail from the Zulu rebellion of 1906 by R. N. Porter	104
Two Zulu War covers by Alan Drysdall	113

Volume 10, Number 1 (March 2006)

The Union Steamship Company's packet service to the Cape; the third contract, 1868-72, part 2 by John Dickson	1
'On Active Service' mail from the Zulu rebellion of 1906 - a correction by R. N. Porter	19
'On Active Service' mail from the Zulu rebellion of 1906, part II  by  R. N. Porter	20
Letters from a soldier on the Eastern Frontier by Alan Drysdall	45

Volume 10, Number 2 (June 2006)

The Union Steamship Company's packet service to the Cape; the third contract, 1868-72, part 3 by John Dickson	47
Cover by the Union Company's 1868 service between Port Elizabeth and Durban by John Dickson	65
Postal history of the operations to arrest King Dinizulu, December 1907 - February 1908 by R. N. Porter	66
'Entertainments Duty' stamps of the Province of Natal by John Dickson and Giovanni Palazzo	71
Postscript - the Acutt correspondence and the Potchefstroom - Tati post by Alan Drysdall	78

Volume 10, Number 3 (September 2006)

The Victorian 2½d postage stamps of Natal by John Dickson

  79

An extraordinary incoming cover by Alan Drysdall

  85

The Union Steamship Company's packet service to the Cape; the third contract, 1868-72, part 4 by John Dickson

  86

A remarkable ZAR - Cape combination cover by Alan Drysdall

 110

Volume 10, Number 4 (December 2006)

The Cape & Natal Steam Navigation Co’s service of 1870-72 and the establishment of the Donald Currie Line in 1872 by John Dickson	111
The Deeds Registry at Pietermaritzburg by John Dickson and Giovanni Palazzo	128
The 1874 3d with interrupted perforation and the Pietermaritzburg Branch Office by Peter Whitmore and Roger Porter	138
CGR postcards by Alan Drysdall	142

...ooOOOoo...

Journal Contents Cape & Natal Philatelic Journal

The first issue of the journal under the new title will appear in March 2007. Volume numbers will follow on from those of the Natal & Zululand Post. It will be distributed quarterly.

Volume 11, Number 1 (March 2007)

The sea-borne mails of: 1868 to 1872 (part 1) by John Dickson Major-General John Henry Craig, Cape Commandant, 1796 by John Dickson A Cape Town letter of 1855 by John Dickson The Ladysmith oval handstamp by Keith Klugman and John Dickson	1 12 15 17
Cape Postal Regulations 1873 by Robert Johnson Cape of Good Hope charge marks by Robert Johnson	21 24
Cape of Good Hope explanatory marks by Robert Johnson Cape of Good Hope to foreign destinations by Robert Johnson	24 26
Elephants of Pietermaritzburg by John Dickson Forgeries of Chalon head stamps by John Dickson	28 28

Volume 11, Number 2 (June 2007)

Mail from India addressed to immigrant indentured Indian workers in Natal by Roger Porter The sea-borne mails of Natal: 1868 to 1872 (part 2) by John Dickson Another letter from England by the Lindsay Line by John Dickson "Licence for a Native Medical Practitioner" by Giovanni Palazzo An early steamship letter from Cape of Good Hope by Johnny Barth King Williams Town to Edinburgh 1870 – 1871 - 1872 by John Dickson A 1905 cover from Cape Town to Yokohama by Peter Wingent	29 37 47 47 50 51 52
Newspaper and Book post to foreign destinations by Robert Johnson Another unusual destination - Syria by Robert Johnson Ship Letters by Robert Johnson Post Office boxes by Robert Johnson	54 55 55 56
Unstamped mail by Robert Johnson Cape Postal Regulations 1873 - continued by Robert Johnson	57 58
Cancelled by Perkins Bacon – the Natal 1d by Keith Klugman The Perfins of P. Davis & Sons, Pietermaritzburg by Peter Whitmore and Brian Dennis	60 60

Volume 11, Number 3 (September 2007)

Some previously undescribed OFS – and Transvaal – Cape combination covers by Alan Drysdall 1895 provisional half-penny – missing "POSTAGE" by John Dickson and Keith Klugman The sea-borne mails of Natal: 1868 to 1872 (part 3) by John Dickson CGH newspapers and printed matter: wrappers used to foreign destinations by Guy Dillaway and Robert Johnson 1819 packet letter to Josephus Suasso de Lima at Cape Town by Andrew Briscoe Natal DLR 1d stamps with inverted watermark by Keith Klugman	65 77 80 96 99 100
A cover addressed to Lt James Scott Douglas by John Dickson	101
Cape Postal Regulations 1873 - continued by Robert Johnson	102
Cape snippets by Brian Trotter	104

Volume 11, Number 4 (December 2007)

Cape bisect used as postage due in 1891 by John Dickson The Cape colonial establishment by Franco Frescura Two letters by the Lindsay Line, and a duplicate by Rennie's steamer by Andrew Briscoe Cape Postal Regulations 1873 - continued by Robert Johnson 1894 cover to Mexico by R.M.S. Tartar by Dudley Blascheck Cape of Good Hope – Bechuanaland: Langeberg Rebellion 1896 by John Cowlin Edwardian specimen stamps of Natal by Brian Trotter Letter rates between the Cape of Good Hope and Britain 1795 to 1840 – Part 1 by John Dickson Kaapsche Plakaat of 1791/2 by John Dickson Cape snippets by Brian Trotter Cancellations on Natal Government Railways parcel labels by Roger Porter POA 3 and the DLR 1d stamp with inverted watermark by Roger Porter Cape covers of 1860 and 1861 with manuscript grill cancellations by Johnny Barth and John Dickson Proposed changes to SG listings of Natal by Keith Klugman The sea-borne mails of Natal: 1868 to 1872 (part 4) by John Dickson Plymouth packet handstamps of 1870 by John Dickson

105 106 114 116 118 119 121 126 134 136 137 141 143 145 146 160

Volume 12, Number 1 (March 2008)

The sea-borne mails of Natal: 1868 to 1872 (Part 5) by John Dickson 1

An early Natal telegram by Roger Porter 20

"Telegraph" overprint on Natal SG 24 by Simon Solomon 22

More Cape snippets by Brian Trotter 24

Some thoughts on the Post Office Agency handstamps of Natal 25

by John Dickson

1865 soldier's letter from Natal [Lars Jorgensen] 31

Cape Postal Regulations 1873 - continued by Robert Jolmson 32

1850 packet letter to Scotland from the Cape by HMS Mariner 34

by Johnny Barth and John Dickson

1909 registered cover to Hayti by Kinfauns Castle by Dudley Blascheck 35

Letter rates between the Cape of Good Hope and Britain 1795 to 1840 37

- Part 2 by John Dickson

Envelopes of the Cape Returned Letter Office by Andrew Briscoe 43

Volume 12, Number 2 (June 2008)

1857 Cover to Cape Town by Lindsay's steamer Tynemouth by John Dickson 45

Cape Postal Regulations 1873 - continued by Robert Johnson 46

The Chancellor, the PMG and the Cape merchants - the crisis of 1872/73 46

(Part 1) by John Dickson

Unclaimed and undelivered mail handled by the Returned Letter Office, Natal 55

(Part 1) by Roger Porter

Cape of Good Hope explanatory marks by Andrew Briscoe 59

Plymouth Ship Letter date-stamp of 1858 by John Dickson 61

The 4d. rate for letters by sea by John Dickson 62

Letter rates between the Cape of Good Hope and Britain 1795 to 1840 62

- Part 3 by John Dickson

Natal SG114: unusual doubly overprinted variety by John Dickson 68

War of the Axe 1846 -1847 by J. F. Cowlin 69

Somkele by Roger Porter 73

The Atkinson correspondence by Peter Thy 76

More on the Zulu rebellion of 1906 and the arrest of King Dinizulu 78

by Roger Porter

The Cape Returned Letter Office - a supplement by Johnny Barth 84

Volume 12, Number 3 (September 2008)

The Cape Post-Retief datestamp struck on a pair of triangular 6d stamps 85

by Alan Drysdall

Cape Postal Regulations 1873 - continued by Robert Johnson 86

Unclaimed and undelivered mail handled by the Returned Letter Office, 88

Natal: Part 2 by Roger Porter

The Chancellor, the PMG and the Cape merchants - the crisis of 1872/73: 97

Part 2 by John Dickson

Examples of Natal official mail by Alan Drysdall 103

Letter rates between the Cape of Good Hope and Britain: 1795 to 1840 107

- Part 4 by John Dickson

A card posted aboard the Walmer Castle by Alan Drysdall 114

Letters to the United Kingdom at the 4d. rate 1888 -1890 by Johnny Barth 116

and John Dickson

Volume 12, Number 4 (December 2008)

The Natal De La Rue 1d. stamp locally overprinted "POSTAGE / POSTAGE" 119

in 1874: SG65 and 65a by John Dickson, Keith Klugman and Simon Solomon

1881 Letter to Cape Town by the S.S. Hankow by John Dickson 127

Letter rates between the Cape of Good Hope and Britain: 1795 to 1840 128

- Part 5 by John Dickson

Letters carried from the Cape by H. M. Ships by John Dickson 135

Cape Postal Regulations 1873 - continued by Robert Johnson 138

The elusive Natal five shillings maroon stamp perforated 14 140

by Keith P Klugman

Letter from Gazaland - from the Agnes M. Bigelow correspondence 141

by Mike Berry

1865 letter from London to Cape Town via Marseilles and Mauritius 144

by John Dickson

Some examples of Natal Post Office stationery by Peter Whitmore 146

The Natal 2d. inland rate of 1868 to 1870 by John Dickson 148

The S.S. Great Britain at the Cape in 1853 by John Dickson 157

Volume 13, Number 1 (March 2009)

An Account of daily Life on the Eastern Frontier in 1838 by Franco Frescura A Tale of Three Tenders: how the mails came ashore with passengers at East London by Dudley Blascheck Missent to Cape Town – a catalogue of errors by Alan Drysdall Zululand: Bogus Zululand overprints; Manuscript NQUTU cancellation; The Ntingwe Post Office by Tony Stanford The Cape Post Office in 1798 by John Dickson Natal Postal Regulations 1873 – first extract by John Dickson Natal: Chalon-head sixpenny stamps – marginal annotations by ‘AMcD’ – another example by John Dickson Salvaged mail from the Kenilworth Castle (II) Collision by Dudley Blascheck Natal Postage Due marks by Michael Berry	2 3 7 9 11 12 12 18 28
Unclaimed and Undelivered mail handled by the RLO in Natal by Roger Porter	30
A Common Time in Southern Africa by Richard Stroud	39
CGH Postal Documents found in the Archives in St Helena by Robert Johnson	40

Volume 13, Number 2 (June 2009)

From the Atlantic Court Calendar by John Dickson	45
The Post Office Agency at Darnall – for a time POA 43 by John Dickson	47
Nonwendi Gold Fields Petition by Tony Davis	50
CGH-Cape Town-Envelopes used to return AR forms to other countries by Robert Johnson	52
The UPU Zero requirement where stamps were disallowed by Robert Johnson	54
Gold Mine Syndicates in Zululand by Tony Davis Zululand’s Rorke’s Drift Post Office – the Early Years by Tony Davis	54 58
Chalon Head Sixpenny stamps, marginally annotated ‘AMcD’ by John Dickson	63
Fox Hill – another copy comes to light by Robert Johnson	63
Cape of Good Hope – A chronology by Robert Johnson	64
CGH Perfins by Robert Johnson	67
Ntingwe – A noteworthy Zululand postmark by Tony Davis	67
Natal Postal Regulations 1873 – second extract by John Dickson	76
The Union Company’s Atlantic Service 1872-1876 Part I by John Dickson	80
Sir Donald Currie – a photograph	87

Volume 13, Number 3 (September 2009)

CGH Telegrams by post by Robert Johnson	89
Observations on CGH Late Fees by Robert Johnson	91
Legislation authorising the issue of Zululand postage and revenue stamps by Tony Davis	93
Supposed souvenir stamps of Natal by John Dickson	98
Incidents of Mail Cart Travelling in South Africa from the Graphic by Richard Stroud	102
Natal Postal Regulations 1873 – third extract by John Dickson	103
CGH Official Perfins by Brian Trotter	107
CGH Registration labels by Robert Johnson	109
Cape Colony Ocean Post Office and Taxed letters posted at sea by Alan Drysdall and Dudley Blascheck	110
Kenilworth Castle: A New Salvage Cover by Dudley Blascheck	113
Information from Hansard: English Mail to South Africa by Robert Johnson	116
Natal Soldiers’ Letters Pre-1870 by Keith Klugman and John Dickson	117
CGH postmarks; What lies behind a name by Joh Groenewald	125
Information from Hansard: Surcharges by the Cape PO and Parcels from British Colonies. Also Telegraph Office Cape Town by Robert Johnson	126
Union, Castle and Union-Castle: Connections by Dudley Blascheck	127
CGH Too late by Robert Johnson	129
The Union Company’s Atlantic Service, 1872 to 1876: Part 2 by John Dickson	131
Zululand telegrams by Robert Johnson	137
Volume 13, Number 4 (December 2009)
GB one shilling stamp used in the Cape of Good Hope by John Dickson	138
CGH: Small places – Blanco by Joh Groenwald	138
Zululand: Rorke’s Drift & Nitingwe recalled by Tony Davis	140
CGH: cds time codes by Robert Johnson	142
POA Cancels on Active Service Mail from Ladysmith by Roger Porter	143
Cigarette Duty and Customs Duty on CGH KEVII stamps by Robert Johnson	147
Natal Government Raiolways: The NGR perfins by Roger Porter	148
The Morewood correspondence: a natal letter of February 1856 by Richard Debney and John Dickson	156
CGH Bowtie Perfins by Tony Stanford	158
Cape records of English Mails between July 1849 and February 1851 and connections to Natal by John Dickson	159
Licences to sell stamps by Robert Johnson	167
Natal: One shilling key plate flaw by John Dickson	168
Natal Postal Regulations and official information 1873 – Fourth extract by John Dickson	168
CGH Statistical and other information by Robert Johnson	172
Found open and officially closed label: Cookhouse by Robert Johnson
The Union Company’s Atlantic service, 1872 to 1876: Part 3 by John Dickson	177
Volume 14, Number 1 (March 2010)
CGH: Two ways to Finland from Cape Town by Johnny Barth	1
The Post Office in the International Hotel in Cape Town by Robert Johnson	3
The application of Martial Law and its effect on mails especially in Cape Colony from October 1899 by Richard Stroud	5
Records concerning CGH, Natal and Zululand kept at the National Archives at Kew, London by Robert Johnson	13
CGH – Letters for Russia by Robert Johnson Natal – Dannhauser cancellations by Roger Porter	15 17
Returned Letter Office, Natal by Nigel Hosking Natal –Entertainments Duty – illustration 4d value	19 20
Natal Postal Regulations 1873 – fifth extract by John Dickson British Bechuanaland overprints on CGH rectangulars – Natal 1/- revenue value overprinted 'ZULULAND' by Tony Stanford	20 23
Zululand postmark and Zululand forgeries – illustrations courtesy of Michael Hamilton CGH parcel and book post by Tony Stanford	25 26
CGH – small places - Sneezewood by Joh Groenwald OFS to Germany via CGH and UK – taxed combination covers – UPU accounting arrangements by Bob Allison and Robert Johnson	27 29
The UPU status of CGH, OFS and ZAR [Transvaal] by Robert Johnson and Bob Allison London GPO notices concerning CGH and Natal mails: 16 November 1864	33 35
The Union Company’s Atlantic service, 1872 to 1876: Part 4 by John Dickson Volume 14, Number 2 (June 2010)	36
Entry of CGH into the UPU - Danish notice by Johnny Barth Comments on the entry ofCGH into the UPU by Chris Board The dates the various territories of southern Africa joined the UPU by John Dickson The International Hotel in Cape Town - more information by Bram Leeflang Natal and CGH: AR covering envelopes by David Handelman CGH - Orders for stamps from stamp dealers by Emil Buhrmann, Brian Gardiner and Robert Johnson The Postmaster-General's Annual Reports to the Cape Parliament by Peter Thy CGH Postmaster-General's Report for 1896 - Uniform colours for stamps by Peter Thy VRI on Natal 1d by John Dickson CGH and Natal - Parcel post Waybill information 1909 by Richard Stroud CGH Telegraph Receipts by Richard Stroud Natal: Inland mail Routes 1874 by John Dickson Zulu land - More forged overprints by Michael Hamilton Cape of Good Hope: The Diamond Line - a letter by the Kaffraria 23 December 1864 by John Dickson CGH: Small places – Klaarstroom by Joh Groenewald Zululand: Specimen stamps and the Ubombo cds by Michael Hamilton Natal- POA 43 - a postcard from Modder Spruit 3rd May 1900 by John Dickson The Union Company's Atlantic Service 1872 to 1876: Part 5 by John Dickson Zululand: Double overprint on ½d value Volume 14, Number 3 (September 2010) Did the Cape of Good Hope have a 2½d rate? by Johnny Barth Natal parcel post - 1901 to the United Kingdom by Michael Hamilton CGH: Briefstock letter circa 1771 by Richard Johnson Natal and CGH perfins by Tony Stanford Natal: GPO London Notice 17th February 1868 - Withdrawal of Natal-Mauritius service by Robert Johnson Natal embossed stamps - request for reprints 1893 by John Dickson CGH: 1900 St. Quentin provisional by Richard Johnson Mail between CGH and the USA by Mark Schwartz CGH: Registered letter from Colesburg to London - 1852 by John Dickson and Andrew Briscoe CGH: Mail posted directly on to a TPO by Robert Johnson Natal: POA 93 by Mike Berry Uniform Colour Scheme for South African Postage Stamps - comments by the CGH Postmaster-General 1846 letter - London to Cape Town / Uitenhage by John Dickson Letter of Sir Harry Smith of 1851 - British parcel post to Cape Town and Algoa Bay by John Dickson The Union Company's Atlantic Service, 1872 to 1876 Part 6 [final part] by John Dickson CGH: Cape Town 1862 Penny rate local "drop letter" by Richard Johnson Volume 14, Number 4 (December 2010) CGH: The Octagonal postmarks by Johny Barth Natal: The POA 107 label addressed to Sergeant Major Stride by John Dickson CGH and Natal: More on CGH* and Natal Perfins** by Tony Stanford* and Giovanni Palazzo CGH: More on Briefstok letters by Vincent Kalkhoven CGH: Large triangular obliterator Editorial addition Natal: Interesting POA usages by Michael Hamilton CGH: Some Cape postal notices 1806-1810 - the Inland Post by John Dickson CGH: Forwarders mark by Richard Johnson CGH: Kaapse Plakkaat of 1785-1792 by John Dickson Book review: Die Vryburg-seels van die Anglo-Boeroorlog by Joh Groenewald by the Editor CGH: Octagonal postmark on a revenue stamp Editorial addition Star and Square shaped perfins by Giovanni Palazzo Natal, CGH and Transvaal mailcoaches by Robert Johnson The Zululand £5 forgery by Peter Whitmore and Clive Sergay	49 50 50 51 53 57 58 59 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 68 71 84 85 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 99 101 102 104 105 106 107 125 126 136 138 139 141 142 144 148 149 152 152 153 154 156