Postcards: Brown’s Bazaar & Novelty Stores – Type II – Script Font

Around twenty years ago, the noted Double Head collector and connoisseur, Bob Gibbs, reflected that the 1d Double Head was the greatest stamp of the British Empire. Bob will be the first to state that all the research of today is built upon the shoulders of some fine Rhodesian philatelists of yesteryear –  such people…

Introduction: The 11th November, 1910 saw a new issue of stamps by the BSAC – seventeen values in total – to coincide with the Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. The primary reason for their visit was to open the First Parliament of the newly-formed Union of South Africa. Why, more than…