Postage stamps and postal history of Griqualand West
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Griqualand West, a former British colony that is now part of South Africa.
First stamps
[edit]The first stamps used in Griqualand West were stamps of Cape of Good Hope from October 1871 which can be identified by their cancellations.[1][2]
In September 1877, Cape 4 pence stamps were used hand surcharged by the Kimberley postmaster "1d" in ink.[1]
The first stamps specifically for Griqualand West were issued in March 1877 and consisted of stamps of Cape of Good Hope overprinted G. W. or G.[3]
In 1880, Griqualand West was annexed by the Cape Colony.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970. 110th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2008, p. 537. ISBN 0-85259-653-7
- ^ "Griqualand West | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 12 August 2018.[title missing]
- ^ Griqualand West. Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
Further reading
[edit]- Goldblatt, Robert. Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope: the postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and Griqualand West 1792-1910. Cape Town: Reijger Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 1984 ISBN 0620070986 267p. and 1988 supplement (47p.)
- Holmes, H.R. The postage stamps of Griqualand West. London: Royal Philatelic Society London, 1963 13p.
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