More about the Postmarks of the Orange Free State and the Orange River Colony 1868-1910

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CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
The Eighteen Districts of 1899 1
The Thirty Districts of 1909 6
Pre-Railway Postal Routes, 1889 11
The Railways 13
Travelling Post Offices 19
Travelling Post Offices of the Cape 50
Imperial Military Railways 52
Imperial Transport Service 60
Central South African Railways 61
The use of Postal Cancellers for Telegraphs 64
The Juxtapositioning of some of the Cancellers 68
The Early Cancellers - what might have been 74
Correspondence between Bloemfontein, Blyth & Co. and De La Rue & Co. 76
The Mystery of Pniel 91
Notes on certain of the Date Stamps and Cancellers - OFS. 92
Cork Canceller - Rietfontein 93
Barred Numerals 96
Double Circle "O.V.STAAT" 99
Borderless Double Circles 106
Six Ray Asterisks 111
Eight Ray Asterisks 114
"Post Kantoo" 118
Squared Octagons 120
Milled Edge Circular Date Stamps 123
Double Edged Circles - Decorated 124
"Bloemfontein Condensed" 126
23 mm Circles of 1885 - 1893 132
22 mm Date Stamps 1885 - 1899 135
The Larger Circular Date Stamps 1892 - 1899 142
PWK. Cancellers 145
PK. Cancellers 147
PA. Cancellers 149
PAK. Cancellers 150
Postmeester General Marks 152
Combination Covers 160
Cancellations in Manuscript 174
'Too Late' and Posted Late 178
The Returned Letter Branch and Unclaimed 184
Registered Po stmark s 195
Notes on certain of the Date Stamps and Cancellers - O.R.C. 22 mm Circular Date Stamps 202
Double Circle Rail Office 208
Railway Telegraph Office 214
Large Double Edged Date Stamps 218
The Visit of the British Association 224
The Crown Mine Canceller 226
The Vet River Canceller 229
Orange River Colony Directory 1909 Postal In 1909 232
Overseas and Foreign Mails 234
Inland Mails 235
Duplicated Names of Places 236
Time taken by mail to overseas destinations 236
Bloemfontein arrivals and despatches 238
Mail-cart Fares 241
Additions and Amendments to the List of Postal Offices and their markings 243
Appendices: -
I Extracts from the Report of the Post-master General, ORC. 190 4/ 5 297
II Extracts from the Report of the Post-master General , ORC. 1905/6 305
III Extracts from the Report of the Post-master General, ORC. 1906/7 314
IV Extracts from the Report of the Post-master General, O.R.C. 1907/8 322
V Extracts from the Report of the Post-master General, ORC. 1908/9 340
VI Notes taken from the O.R.C. Directory 1909 ( published by A. C. Braby) 345
VII Extracts from the Report of the Post-master General of South Africa 1910 382
VIII Extracts from "FREE STATIA" by Mm. U. Collins, J.P 384
IX Accession of Orange Free State to the Postal Union Convention, 1891 386
X Extracts from Cape of Good. Hope P.O Guide 1899 387.
XI Extracts from Cape of Good Hope P.O. Guide 1910 391
XII Additions to List of Postal Offices 399