Provisional stamps of Pietersburg, ZAR (South African Republic)
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These provisional stamps are among the rare stamps that are not often, if ever, seen in a collector's life.
This is the last stamp issue of the Boer War.
The initials of the postmaster J. T. de V. ( J. T. de Villiers ) appear to the left of the face value and are in black, except for the value ½ d where the initials are on the right and in red.
Some sheets have been printed without initials. These sheets are to be considered as tests.
Here are the different values issued and the number of stamps issued (approximately):
½ d. light green 4000
1 d. carmine pink 15000
2 d. red orange 4000
4 d. blue 1000
6 d. green 1000
1 Sh. yellow 1000
The stamps were cut with scissors, but there are perforated sheets of ½ d., 1 d. and 2 d. values. ( 11 ½ x 11 ½ ). Each sheet has 24 stamps, 4 horizontal and 6 vertical. The size of each stamp is 27 x 32 mm.
There are four types.
Types per sheet
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Type 1: The P in the word POSTZEGEL is larger than the other letters.
The word has a length of 14 mm.
The year 1901 has a length of 9mm and the numbers a height of 3mm.
Type 2: Same as type 1, except the 1901 vintage is 7 mm long and the numbers are 2 mm high.
Type 3 : All the letters of the word POSTZEGEL have the same height. The word has a length of 13 mm. The vintage is identical to type 2.
Type 4: The size of the face value is larger than for the other types. This indication is only valid for values 2, 4 and 6 d.
Printing errors
Type 1
On ½ d :
Z. AFR REP. No point behind AFR
On 1 d :
Z. AFR. REB No point behind REB
Z. AFR. BEP.
Z. AER. REP.
POSTZEOEL
On 4 d :
POSTZFGEL
POSTZEOEL
Z. AFB. RER.
On 6 d :
POSTZEOEL
Type 2
On 1 d :
No point between Z AFR.
No point between Z. AFR REP. Plus POSTZEGFL
Ornament in the reverse right corner
On 4 d :
Z. AFB. REP.
POSTZEGFL
Ornament in the reverse right corner
On 1 Sh:
No point between Z AFR. REP.
Type 3
On 1 d :
No dot between Z. AFR REP.
POSTZEGEI
On 4 d :
POSTZEGEI
Inverted left corner ornament
On 1 Sh:
No point between Z. AFR REP.
Z. AER. REP.
Type 4
On 4 d :
Inverted left corner ornament
It is extremely difficult to find cancelled stamps because no letters have been distributed outside the district. The stamps cannot, however, be considered a local issue, as the isolated location of the Zoutpans Mountains district did not allow for mail to be delivered outside the district.
Hi Harald
Thanks for the post. They are hard to find signed, but full sheets exist unsigned. Also be ware of "Tamsen Covers." They are not genuinely used but philatelic.
I am sure there are more varieties that you have listed. Is the info from Mathews?
Here are some more. I never got down to writing them up, as I could not find reliable information.
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