| 词条 | Postage stamps and postal history of Stellaland Republic |
| 释义 |
Stellaland was a short-lived Boer republic from 1882 until 1885, located in southern Bechuanaland, west of the then South African Republic, with Vryburg as its capital. It was incorporated in British Bechuanaland in 1885. British Bechuanaland was subsequently incorporated into the Cape of Good Hope in 1895. First stampsThe Stellaland Republic issued five values of postage stamps in February 1884. They were crudely printed, using the coat of arms as design, and inscribed "REPUBLIEK / STELLALAND". Postally used copies are much rarer than unused copies.[1] OverprintsSometime in 1885, "TWEE" (Afrikaans for "two") was overprinted on a few of the 4-pence stamps, halving their values. These are quite rare, selling at auction for several thousand dollars when they appear. It is not clear whether they were official government issues, or privately produced, perhaps as political propaganda, since the use of stamps had recently become nearly universal worldwide. See also
Sources
External links
References1. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20180303051232/http://www.stampworldhistory.com:80/country-profiles-2/africa/stellaland/ Retrieved 12 August 2018. {{commonscat|Stamps of Stellaland}}{{philately-stub}}{{PostalhistoryAfrica}} 1 : Philately of South Africa |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。