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    Cape of Good Hope issued revenue stamps from 1864 to 1961. There were a number of different stamps for several taxes. The Cape Colony's first revenues...
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  • Revenue stamps of Bangladesh British South Africa Company (Rhodesia), c.1905 - Revenue stamps of Rhodesia Cape of Good Hope, 1909 - Revenue stamps of...
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    1900 and used Cape of Good Hope stamps overprinted with the new name "ORANGE/RIVER/COLONY." In 1902 a single 6d stamp was overprinted as the original occupation...
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    united in 1910, each part of South African issued their own stamps. These were: British Bechuanaland (1886-1887) Cape of Good Hope (1864-1910) Griqualand...
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    survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cape of Good Hope. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the Cape of Good Hope in 1488...
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  • 1⁄2-penny stamp of Cape of Good Hope was overprinted "Bechuanaland / Protectorate.". From 1897 to 1925 more British stamps were overprinted using the protectorate's...
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    separately from the revenue stamps. However, in 1906, the set of King Edward VII stamps were issued in two values, half anna and one anna with the caption "INDIA...
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  • This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland. Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope were used in Basutoland...
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    service, as a stream of new stamps was produced by countries that sought to advertise their distinctiveness through their stamps. Stamp collecting is generally...
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  • Thumbnail for Revenue stamps of Bechuanaland
    1887 Cape of Good Hope revenues were issued overprinted for British Bechuanaland. These were replaced by dual-purpose postage and revenue stamps later...
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  • to the Postmaster-General of the Cape of Good Hope. A further seven stamps were produced by overprinting either Cape Colony stamps or British stamps before...
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    A. A. Jurgens (category Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists)
    Jurgens won the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work The Handstruck Letter Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope from 1792 to...
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    West were stamps of Cape of Good Hope from October 1871 which can be identified by their cancellations. In September 1877, Cape 4 pence stamps were used...
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  • first meant one in the Cape of Good Hope Colony, and later included the post offices in the South African Republic (Transvaal). The first post was established...
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  • Thumbnail for Revenue stamps of Basutoland and Lesotho
    revenues of the Cape of Good Hope and the Orange River Colony were overprinted for the colony. From 1913 to 1946 various South African revenues were similarly...
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    was united in 1910, each part of what would later become South Africa issued their own stamps. These were: Cape of Good Hope (1853–1904) Natal (1857–1909)...
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  • De La Rue (category Postage stamps of the United Kingdom)
    included in the Princess Mary Christmas gift box. The King of Diamonds from a De La Rue pack c. 1860. Cape of Good Hope triangular postage stamp of 1853. A...
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  • South African Post Office (category Government-owned companies of South Africa)
    post office in a room next to the pantry at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. This was the start of what became the South African Post Office (SAPO)...
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  • stamps were overprinted L.P.E. 1890 in red from imperforate sheets remaindered in 1872. The original printers, Perkins Bacon, perforated the stamps at...
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  • Mosely Collection (category Philately of South Africa)
    specimen stamps with a few used stamps. Postage stamps and postal history of the Cape of Good Hope Postage stamps and postal history of the Niger Coast...
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    history. The collections contain a wide range of artefacts in addition to postage stamps, from newspaper stamps to a press used to print the first British...
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    from the Discovery of America, and from that of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope: Such are the advantages which the colonies of America...
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    island's postal operator; Christmas Island stamps may be used in Australia and Australian stamps may be used on the island. A container port exists at Flying...
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  • article lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. Assertions, such as those...
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  • budget of $55 million (equivalent to $257,000,000 in 2023). It is the most successful Superman feature film to date in terms of box office revenue adjusted...
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    Lithuania in 2022, by revenue: Agriculture in Lithuania dates to the Neolithic period, about 3,000 to 1,000 BC. It has been one of Lithuania's most important...
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    out of perhaps 1800 east of the Cape of Good Hope in 1630. Nevertheless, the European and Christian Eurasian community in any Portuguese settlement of the...
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    Taxation in South Africa (category Government of South Africa)
    Three of the provinces of South Africa contributed 77.8% of the total tax revenue: Gauteng (49.0%), Western Cape (15.5%), and KwaZulu-Natal (13.3%). The provinces...
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    tax revenue; despite the ravages of Attila's armies and the extortions of his peace treaties, tax revenue generally continued to be adequate for the essential...
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    of Portugal the "Cape of Good Hope", because of the great optimism engendered by the possibility of a sea route to India, proving false the view that had...
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