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In philately, the Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog is the most recent encyclopedic catalogue of postal stationery covering the whole world. Despite most volumes not having been updated for over thirty years, the catalogue and the H & G numbering system are still widely used by philatelists and stamp dealers although the values given in the catalogue are out of date.
By 1904 the company had stores across South Africa and continued to expand to meet demand for news during World War I. The company was floated on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1903 to raise £120,000 [3] (equivalent to £129,500,000 in 2017 based on its economic share). [4] By 1928 the company was publishing most of South Africa's newspapers.
The South African Army overran German South West Africa in 1914–15 and, in 1922, a League of Nations mandate gave South Africa the responsibility of administering the colony, now renamed South West Africa. South Africa controlled the postal service until Namibian independence in 1990. After World War II, the mandate was supposed to transform ...
The Special and Commemorative Postmarks, Cachets and Covers of South Africa, 1892-1975. Pretoria: H. Reisener, 1975 ISBN 0620018593 341p. South African Collectors Society. A Celebration of the Philately of the Union of South Africa: A souvenir booklet to commemorate the centenary of the establishment of the Union of South Africa : 1910-2010 ...
In 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed from the colonies of Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal, Natal and Orange River Colony. All Cape stamps except the triangulars were valid for use in all of the Union until they were demonetised on 31 December 1937, along with the issues of Transvaal, Natal and Orange River Colony.
The retailer then sells the goods to the end consumer at a higher price making a profit. [ 1 ] According to the United Nations Statistics Division , wholesale is the resale of new and used goods to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers, or involves acting as an agent or broker in ...
This was the forerunner of all community newspapers in South Africa. By 1978, Caxton were publishing the following newspapers either fortnightly, monthly or weekly: Sandton Chronicle , North Eastern Tribune , Northcliff and Blackheath Times , Randburg Sun , Southern Courier , Mayfair-Brixton , Newlands-Melville Telegraph , Rosebank Killarney ...
1620 Venetian prepaid letter sheet. Postal stationery has been in use since at least 1608 with folded letters bearing the coat of arms Venice. Other early examples include British newspaper stamps that were first issued in 1712, 25-centime letter sheets that were issued in 1790 by the government of Luxembourg, and Australian postal stationery that predated more well known issues like the ...