Below you will find articles about the Cape of Good Hope. Or click here to view stamps with the subject Cape of Good Hope in the catalogue.
I’ve long been fascinated by the incredible feats of the brave and extremely tough men who set off from Europe and Scandinavia in search of fabled lands. It’s possible that those featured in this article were preceded by unknown explorers...
The participants in the international stamp exhibition Europhilex STAMP Exhibition LONDON 2015, which was held from 14 May to 16 May 2015 at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London, have received the following awards for their entries. Gilded...
(See also article published on May 5th ‘First African Stamps’) William Humphrys was born in Dublin in 1794. At an early age he moved to the United States. There he studied engraving techniques under the tutelage of a Mr. George...
The first postage stamps issued from the continent of Africa were released in September, 1853. The territory of ‘Cape of Good Hope’, then a British colony administered as the Cape Colony, was the issuer. It remained a British colony until...
While leafing through my collection of South African stamps, I was struck by the series issued by the South African PTT on March 14, 1952. A series of five stamps dedicated to the VOC. That reminded me of one of...
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