vol. 5(2): 1-32 Mar-Apr

Setempe

SA Seelnuus - SA Stamp News- A Philatelic Services Publication

Plot

SETEMPE
South African Stamp News March/April 2000
Editor's view . Redakteursbrief 3
Your views . Brieweblad 4
Thematics special and social philately - attempts to
liberate philately? 6
Nuwe uitgifte/New issues
- We highlight Family Day with a special stamp 9
Spesiale seel fokus op Gesinsdag 9
- Latest Anglo-Boer War cancellers 10
Jongste datumstempels vir Anglo-Boereoorlog 10
From the past
- Early Union and Republic of South Africa essays in
the Post Office archives (Part V) 12
Profile on ...
- Colourful Cassie Carstens 15
South African stamp booklets - 1999 update 17
Exhibition news
- SA's first exclusive thematics philatelic exhibition 19
Novices' notes
- Celebrate Family Day with stamps 20
- Attention all young letter-writers 20
- The ABC of stamp collecting - B 21
Stamp notes
Early bird buys first millennium stamps 23
Postal rates increase from 1 April 2000 23
- Postariewe styg vanaf 1 April 23
1997 Stamp issues withdrawn 25
Postal slogans 2000 25
- More Y2K-compliant permanent cancellers 25
- Bar codes now printed on stamp sheets 25
Values to be printed on stamps 25
SADC News
- Lesotho stamps highlight ships and 12th century events .27
- Namibia issues flora postcard and indigenous ducks . . . .27
Smalls . Kleinadvertensies 29
Swop column . Ruilkolom 31
Postscript
- Amascalpy - another (liberating) new collecting area . . . .32