Zululand

Member as British Colony from 1 July 1892; annexed to Natal 31 December 1897.

class	H&G	Q&J	year	value	description	specimen type	notes
post card	1 / 1a	P1s / P2s	1893	½d	GB QV card overprinted	NA1	1
	3 / 3a / 3b	P3s / P4s / P4s / P6s	1893	½d + ½d	GB QV card overprinted	NA1	1
	2	P7s	1893	1d	GB QV card overprinted	NA1
	4	P8s	1893	1d + 1d	GB QV card overprinted	NA1

type	image	dimensions	application
NA1		16 × 3	rubber h/s in violet across the stamp impression

1	Higgins & Gage identify two types of the imprinted ½d stamp as Type A (large triangles) and Type B (small triangles). They list both types as used on single cards and Types A + B, Types B + A, and Types B + B as used on reply cards (without Specimen handstamps).
	Quick and Jonkers identify two types of the imprinted ½d stamp as Plate A (large triangles) and Plate B (small triangles). They list both types as used on single cards and all four combinations as used on reply cards (both without and with Specimen handstamps).
	Samuel and Huggins refer to two types of the imprinted ½d stamp as Die II (larger triangles) and Die III (smaller triangles). They list Die III as used on single cards and Die III + Die II as used on reply cards (with Specimen handstamps).

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

Samuel, Marcus and Huggins, Alan. Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain. G. B. Philatelic Publications, Saffron Walden, Essex, 1980.

Last updated 27 June 2009