A “Briefkaart”, or postal stationery card, sent to the Lovedale Park post office in Spelonken in March 1901 recently caused excitement among philatelists. It is a rare example of a postcard with stamps printed in then-Pietersburg during the last months of the Anglo-Boer War.
Dr Tim Harrison, editor of The Transvaal Philatelist, bought the card at a small UK auction house a few years ago. Although he is based in Britain, he has a keen interest in the history of the Zuid-Afrikaan...