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The coal mining town of Dundee is situated in a valley of the Biggarsberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). It is part of the Endumeni Municipality, Umzinyathi District. It is very rich in coal deposits. More populous than the town of Dundee is its adjacent township named Sibongile. This township is now being extended with many ...
The South African postal code system was previously used in Namibia, then "South West Africa", including the enclave of Walvis Bay, which remained part of South Africa until 1994. It was allocated the number range 9000–9299. [6] Following independence, use of the South African postal code system was discontinued. [7]
1937 stamps of South Africa. The first stamp of the Union of South Africa was a 2 1 ⁄ 2 d stamp issued on 4 November 1910. [2] [3] It portrayed the Monarch King George V and the arms of the four British colonies which formed the Union: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal.
South African Post Office (SA Post Office) is the national postal service of South Africa and as a state owned enterprise, its only shareholder is the South African government. In terms of South African law, the Post Office is the only entity that is legally allowed to accept reserved mail, and as such, it operates a monopoly. [ 3 ]
Postage stamps and postal history of Pietersburg; Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa; Postage stamps and postal history of Transvaal; Postal codes in South Africa; Postal orders of Bophuthatswana; Postal orders of South Africa; Postal orders of the Orange Free State; Postal orders of the South African Republic
In 1973, South West Africa became part of the South African post code system, using the number range 9000–9299. [4] [5] This was withdrawn from use after the territory gained independence as Namibia in 1990. [6] In addition, Afrikaans was removed from postmarks, which, following independence, were in English only. [7]
The Second Boer War erupted in 1899, the war ended the existence of the South African Republic. Stamps of the South African Republic were overprinted "V.R.I." (Victoria Regina Imperatrix, Latin for Victoria, Queen and Empress) or "E.R.I." (Edward Rex Imperator, for Edward VII) between 1900 and 1902. In 1902 stamps for the Transvaal Colony were ...
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