Orange River Colony

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Orange Free State became member of the UPU on 1 January 1898; following annexation, Orange River Colony became UPU member as one of the British Colonies and Protectorates in South Africa from 24 May 1900; represented by the Union of South Africa from 1 June 1910.

class	H&G	Q&J	year	value	size	description	specimen type
post card	35	P39s	1902	½d		KEVII	D{4}
	36	P41s	1902	1d		KEVII	D{4}
	37	P43s	1902	½d + ½d		KEVII	D{4}
	38	P44s	1902	1d + 1d		KEVII	D{4}
envelope	B1	E1s	1904	½d	136 × 79	KEVII	D{4}
	B2	E3s	1904	1d	120 × 94	KEVII	D{4}
regist env	C1	R1As	1902	4d	F: 133 × 83	KEVII	D{4r}
wrapper	E1	W1s	1902	½d		KEVII	D{4}
	E2	W2s	1902	1d		KEVII	D{4}

type	image	dimensions	application
D{4}		91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{4r}	as above	91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BR to TL (inverted) on reverse

Notes

1	All items listed were printed by De La Rue.
2	A. R. Allison has identified two distinct SPECIMEN overprints, one having distinctly thinner letters.

Acknowledgement

Compiled by Mike Smith.

References

"The 'SPECIMEN' Stationery of the Orange River Colony", A R (Bob) Allison. The Orange Free State Bulletin, No. 143, pp. 1933–7, June 1991.

Quik, W. J. and Jonkers, G. H. The postal stationery of South Africa, Part 1. Filatelistenvereniging Zuidelijk Afrika, Rotterdam, 1998.

Last updated 16 September 2008

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