The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-02
$4,000 FOR OLD STAMPS.

There has Just been sold in Londor
10 a firm of stamp experts doing bus
mess there and in this city a collsc
ton which has been twenty-nne wears
u the making. 1t contained the
stamps of only a single little republic
he Transvaal in South Africa
through ali its many changesi but i,
; supposed to be as nearly perfect
Is stamp collection ever was. Il
brought nearly $4,000. a record price
p ]. Nankiyell made the collection
md has made good thing out Of ii
| chiefly because a great demand has
sprung up for the rarer stamps since
he Transyaal became a British col
my There have been 50 many DO,
litlcal changes in the country that its
stamps form a sort Of historic record
# thlrty-dve years.
The first and most sought for erour
N the lot is that issued by the first
South African republic between 1869
ma 1877. The plates for these were
made in Gustrow, Germany. and the
first supply was sent to the Trans
vaal with the plates.
In 1870. when this supply was all
used up. Boer, Mr.. Viljoen. of Pre-
ora, printed a fresh lot. These LAST.
ed two years, and then a Mr.. Borrhn;
Y Potshefstrom did little more
stamp printing.
In September, 1874, penny ana ak
penny stamps were printed for the /
Boer government by Mr. Davis 81
Narltzburg. These are noteworthy
because they were the first to be nor
loratei for use in the republic. Altar
TINS a stamp commission took charge
p the printing till the first British
occupation in July 1877.
The British seized all the stamns q
ne republic remaining In the postof
nee ana printed over them ~. i
ransvaal, the V. r. above the name
y the state. The printers worked
lnder some pressure, SO naturaIly
mere were few errors
a famous one is a penny red on
que with the name of the state snol
q "Transveal.' The stamps Win
hese errors are so rare that evnerte
.alne them at from 1915 to $3.50
piece. Wv
There were ether errors. all Of i'm
oftanee now to the philatelist One
hoWs the overprint inverted on the
lamps. A rare print of one of thes
valued at $1,000.
lhere are only two specime,e {
ho"n One is the MAXWELL collec |
on the other in the TAPPING collie !
on winch arranged in fine cabinets
Oh view in the British museum. !
IN 1878 the British introduced !
t" set OF Transyaal stamps in dc :
'lnlhauons from a half penny to two :
'iliinSs each. They are NOT roro V
ID were still in use in 1882. when :
{ boers got their country back ana
I'D 1t till 1900. "''0
fhey took some of tba pri,,.,. y
amps ana oyerprinted them "Eip n
my using them temporarily wbiIr b
new set was being made. This ti,ne Of
ey mad the plates made In TIoIIana n,
le various sets made from tbaso n,
''ch Plates, with few PROFESSIONALS al
"a during shortage of supplies last
them I'LL the republic fell in nm
1900. "a ''he
men came the stamps of tho So.
u BRUSH occupation. The pritish
iitary authorities took Some ~ ~ r.
trent stamps and overprinted tben. |
Ii. l. These were issued In Pre- |
Ia in June. 1900.
i me following March, 1901 tbe
'fprint was altered to "E. r. \ |
the new king. Edward VII Final
IN April 1902, the present sot VITA.
hihs head on them was lssuad
ne so&th African stamps, on ac
'nl oi these many changes. are bo Z
ilhg notable. Several of tbo oai
IONS are in the hands of membars
me Philatelic society of London wi
eh IS now preparing a pampblat or;
the South African stamps dai
us collection, which may prob. Nn u
= be divided, is now in seven yol I
o. glance through which shows u,
political changes in the country "a,
pull. hnf