The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-07
- $4,000 FOR OLD STAMPS.

With the South African Issues.
There has just been sold in London
to erm of stamp experts doing bus
,ness there and in this city collection
which has been twenty-one years In
making. II contained the stamps of
only single little republic, the Trans
vaal in South Africa, through all It's
many changes: but 1t is supposed TO be
as nearly perfect as stamp collection
ever was. It brought nearly $4,000. a
record price
4. J. MAXWELL made the collection.
and has made a good thing out OF It,
chiefly because a great demand has
sprung up for the rarer stamps since
.he Transvaal became British colony.
There have been SO many political
changes in the countr. that its stamps
torn sort of historic record Of trirty.
eve years
The FIRST and most sought for group
In the lot is that issued by the frst
South African republic between 1859
and 1877 The plates for these we're
made in Gussrow. Germany, and tbs
nrst supply was sent 70 the Transvaal
with the plates.
In 1870. when this supply was all
used up. poer Mr. Vilioen of Pre-
toris, printed fresh lot These lasted
two years, and then a Mr. Borrius a
Potchefstrom did little more stamp
printing.
In September. 1874. penny and six.
penny stamps were printed for the
Boer government by a Mr.. Davis Of
Maritzburg. These are noteworthy be.
cause they were the first to be perfor.
atcd for use in the republic. After this
3 stamp commission took charge Of the
printing till the first British occupa-
ton in July. 1877.
The British seized all the stamps Of
the republic remaining in the postofica
and printed over them w. r. Trans.
vaal. the V. r. above the name of the
State. The printers worked under
some pressure. so naturally there were
few errors.
A famous one is penny red on blue
with the name OF the State spelled
'Transveal." The stamps with thess
errors are SO rare that experts value
them at from 1876 to $3.50 apiece.
There were other errors. all Of i'm.
portance now to the philatelist. One
shows the overprint inverted On the
stamps. A rars print Of one OF these is
valaed at SL0o.
There are only two specimens known.
One is the Nankivell collection, the
other in the Tapling collection, which.
arranged in fine cabinets, is on View In
the British museum.
In 1878 the British introduced a new
set OF Transvaal stamps in denomlna.
tions from a haii penny to two shii.
lings each. They are not rare, ana
were stil in use in 1882, when the
Beers got their country back and held
It till 1900
They took some OF the British
stamps and oyerprlnted them Elm
Penny" using them temporarily vhilo
new set was being made This time
they had the plates made ia Holland.
The various sets made from these
Dutch plates. with few PROFESSIONALS
used during shortage OF supplies. lasted
them till the republic fell in June OF
1900.
Then came the stamps OF the secon9
British occupation. The British mill
tary authorities took some Of the cur.
rent stamps and overprlnted them
". T.. T." These were issued in Pre-
toria In Jane. 1900
In the following March. 1901. the
overprint wss altered to "E r. L." for
the new king, Edward VII. Finally. In
April, 1902, the present set with the
kings head on them was issued.
The South African stamps. on &C.
count OF these many changes, are be-
coming notable. Several OF the eollec-
tons are in the hands OF members Of
the Philatelic Society OF London. which
is now preparing a pamphlet ON the
South African stamps.
This collection, which may probably
be divided, is now in seven volumes, a
glance through which shows the poltt.
teal ehaiiEes in the eeanhy At aAnA--
= wouldn't. have supposed that ID,
weilophs. with al the money they
have, would furnish their home %
shahbily"
Huh The Wellopbs are SO rich
that they can afford TO buy the cheap.