Postage Stamps, South-West Africa

Postage Stamps, South-West Africa

“1955 — 15 November. New Definitive Issue. Designed by O. Schroeder (1d. to 4d) and M. Vandenschen (4 ½d. to 10s) …” (Rosenthal & Blum 1969:171). “1961 — 14 February. First pictorial set of the changed decimal currency. Printed by the Government Printing Works, Pretoria, on the new type (Coat of Arms) watermarked paper” (Rosenthal & Blum 1969:171).

Date 1955 & 1961 Origin South Africa Size 24mm x 30mm Acquired March 2021 From Rosebank Market, Jhb Price R250 for collector’s album

metals, the most important are found at Tsumeb (q.v.). The Former German port of Swakopmund has become a seaside resort, and great development has taken place at Walvis Bay (q.v.) which is growing rapidly. South-West Africa has 1,890 miles of railways, administered by the South African Railways & Harbours, besides airlines serving the more important centres. Among the white population the predominating language is Afrikaans, followed by German and then English” (Rosenthal 1967:523-524).

Lion

“Swaziland. Bantu kingdom, on the east of the Transvaal. Its area is 6,704 sq. miles, and it is governed by the Ingwenyama or King, Sobhuza II (q.v.). Mbabane is the capital. Parliament consists of a Lower House of 24 members and a Senate of 12, of whom 6 are nominated by the King. The west of Swaziland is very mountainous, abutting on the Barberton district, but the remainder is to a large extent low lying, hot, and in places infested with malaria. Swaziland is recognized as excellent cattle country. Since the 1880s it has been a producer of gold and more recently of tin and asbestos, the latter derived from the Havelock Mine in the west, which contains one of the largest cableway installations in Southern Africa, running across the mountains. Large iron deposits are being opened up at Bomvu ridge, and the first railway from Kadake to Goba on the Mozambique border came into operation in 1964. With the assistance of the Colonial Development Corporation, large areas have been placed under timber in the Pigg’s Peak district and elsewhere, while tropical agriculture has received much assistance. The population is: Africans 390,000, Europeans 5,919, Coloureds 1,378” (Rosenthal 1967:546).

“Lion (Felis leo). Known to the Zulus and Swazis as Ingonyama, Imbubesi or Imbubi; to the Amaxosa as Ingonyama; and to the Basutos and Bechuanas as Tau. Carnivorous animal, now mainly confined (outside the game reserves) to the wilder parts of Central Africa, with a few stragglers in Zululand and Rhodesia. Varying greatly in size, colour and profusion of mane, the average weight is about 500 lb. The lion has no fixed abode, but will move on, hunting by night and sleeping by day. The last lion recorded in the Cape Colony was killed in 1842, and in Natal in 1865” (Rosenthal 1967:318).