Commercial advertising and stamps
At the end of the last century, we were flooded with commercial advertising associated with stamps. By 'we', I mean the stamp collectors of South Africa. Stamps with attached vignettes featuring advertisements, and many stamp blocks with the same kind of text.
Like from the Coach House in Agatha, a few hours from Johannesburg From there, a beautiful five-star hotel. This hotel stands on the site where the stagecoach had its stop, offering overnight accommodation during the Gold Rush in the late 19th century. A beautiful historical moment in postal history.
But other types of advertising also came with the blocks, especially from stamp dealers and auction houses. Not only dealers and auctions in South Africa, but also from other countries.
Like a stamp and coin dealer in the Eastgate Shopping Complex in Bedfordview, Gauteng, South Africa. Or Harmers, the renowned auction house in London, UK, which has existed since 1918.
Two beautiful blocks that fit into a thematic stamp collection about railways.
Or perhaps a block aimed at youth philately? Commercial or not? It does cost a bit more…. But surely it can't be missing from a bird collection? Such a beautiful duck with a 'white face'?
Also the University of Pretoria has also embraced the 'postage stamp' medium by having a block printed with promotional text about the International Science Exhibition ESI '07. You really need to have thick skin if you don't want this rhinoceros in your collection of African mammals!
A positive development? Or do these types of sheets also belong to the category of unwanted issues? They are, however, offered by the South African Post.
A service for stamp collectors? According to the last block, yes! What is your opinion?
Like from the Coach House in Agatha, a few hours from Johannesburg From there, a beautiful five-star hotel. This hotel stands on the site where the stagecoach had its stop, offering overnight accommodation during the Gold Rush in the late 19th century. A beautiful historical moment in postal history.
But other types of advertising also came with the blocks, especially from stamp dealers and auction houses. Not only dealers and auctions in South Africa, but also from other countries.
Like a stamp and coin dealer in the Eastgate Shopping Complex in Bedfordview, Gauteng, South Africa. Or Harmers, the renowned auction house in London, UK, which has existed since 1918.
Two beautiful blocks that fit into a thematic stamp collection about railways.
Or perhaps a block aimed at youth philately? Commercial or not? It does cost a bit more…. But surely it can't be missing from a bird collection? Such a beautiful duck with a 'white face'?
Also the University of Pretoria has also embraced the 'postage stamp' medium by having a block printed with promotional text about the International Science Exhibition ESI '07. You really need to have thick skin if you don't want this rhinoceros in your collection of African mammals!
A positive development? Or do these types of sheets also belong to the category of unwanted issues? They are, however, offered by the South African Post.
A service for stamp collectors? According to the last block, yes! What is your opinion? 
HAHAHA, just backdoor issues.....
'@Lia of @Cees
These are surely beautiful precursors to the personalized 'tabs' on stamps, even though you can't really call most of them 'tabs'...
'@Tone
The question is whether these stamp issues were also included in the program. And whether these items were released alongside it as a 'backdoor'.
Albert Heijn in the margin of Christmas stamps, a stamp from VenD, and perhaps the Royal Warrant Holders; I think they know that phenomenon here too….
'@His
Which V&D stamp?????
@Rein, all credit goes entirely to Cees!!! When posting the article, I forgot to move a checkmark. As a result, my name ended up underneath it by accident.
if I happen to get these. Great. But don't collect them. They aren't “real” stamps for a collection. But it’s nothing new. The official stamps in Australia already had it on the back of stamps 100 years ago.
Wasn't that V&D stamp a postage-paid stamp?