The South African Philatelist: vol. 63(12): 249-276, Issue #753

The South African Philatelist

The Journal of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa since 1923

Plot

SA filatelie gee die leiding 250
Die volheid van ons stokperdjie word ten voile erken
New collectors boost auction sales 250
Suidwes-seëlskou en toere 250
New constitution takes shape 251
Fine show for Boksburg 100 251
The "paw mark" problem 251
New issues/Nuwe seëls 252
John Tucker describes the Tall ships at Table Bay; parrots, orchids, Zambia's new bird definitives, a sea festival and the story of Francistown
Trains
SA locomotives on foreign stamps 254
The fine steam locomotives of South African Railways adorn the stamps of many countries!
The trains rushed the mails 257
How mailshi p and hinterland train linked in a transport network revolving around the post,
and how trainbound sorters sought to process the mail en route
The mobile monument has been puffing for 108 years 263
World record of uninterrupted service for Escom's locomotive Kitty
Looking back 264
Society news/Onderonsies 273