Welcome to the Transvaal Study Circle Web Page!

Aims of the Study Circle

The Transvaal Study Circle was formed in 1965 to promote all aspects of philately related to the pre-South African colonies of the Transvaal and the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (Z.A.R.). We have an international membership with particular concentrations of members in the U.K. and South Africa.

Members interests cover postage stamps, postal history, and revenue stamps as well as a number of more specialist areas such as railway stamps. Regular meetings are held, and members regularly participate in philatelic exhibitions and shows at all levels.

The society publishes a quarterly bulletin, The Transvaal Philatelist, and is responsible either directly or in a supporting role for the publication of specialist memoirs. A longer term aim is the publication of a Handbook of Transvaal philately. A list of the current publications and their prices are shown below.


Membership Information

Membership of the Study Circle costs £10 per year, and members receive The Transvaal Philatelist as well as a discount on other publications.

For more information, contact either Rick Turner in the U.K. or Gawie van der Walt in South Africa.

An introduction to collecting Transvaal stamps and Postal History.

The Transvaal, a Challenge, by Alan Drysdall.


Publications

£2.50
£3.00
£6.00
£1.50

The Transvaal in 1906 - A map of Post Offices, Postal Agencies and Postal Routes with a description and gazetteer.

£5.00

A Listing of theStamps of the First South African Republic, and a Guide to their Identification

£10.00

The Oates Correspondence; a Postal History of Frank Oates Travels in Matabeleland and Zambesia

£6.50

The Tete-Beche Varieties of Transvaal

£30.00

The Provisional Issues of the First British Occupation

£18.00

Transvaal Revenue and Telegraph Stamps, including Customs and Pass Stamps and Telegraph Stationery

£30.00

Transvaal Railway Stamps and Travelling Post Offices

£27.50

The Transvaal Philatelist

This is the journal of the Transvaal Study Circle. It is published four times a year and is free to members.

The Transvaal Philatelist is listed in the standard catalogues under ISSN 0267-789X.

The following section provides the Table of Contents of each volume. The order of listing of articles has been reorganised slightly to collect any philatelic articles into one group and other items (mostly society business) into another group.

Not all the material is ready at the moment - items that have been converted to HTML format are shown as active links. Other items are pending. Most of the articles are currently online as text only - I don't have decent copies of many of the illustrations (yet!) to include.

Note that none of the links will work from the Internet - you need the copy on disk from the Society.

Volume 35, Number 4 - November 2000 (whole number 136)


Volume 35, Number 3 - August 2000 (whole number 135)


Volume 35, Number 2 - May 2000 (whole number 134)


Volume 35, Number 1 - February 2000 (whole number 133)

Volume 34, Number 4 - November 1999 (whole number 132)


Volume 34, Number 3 - August 1999 (whole number 131)

Volume 34, Number 2 - May 1999 (whole number 130)


Volume 34, Number 1 - February 1999 (whole number 129)


Volume 33, Number 4 - November 1998 (whole number 128)

Volume 33, Number 3 - August 1998 (whole number 127)

Volume 33, Number 2 - May 1998 (whole number 126)

Volume 33, Number 1 - February 1998 (whole number 125)

Volume 32, Number 4 - November 1997 (whole number 124)


Volume 32, Number 3 - August 1997 (whole number 123)

Volume 32, Number 2 - May 1997 (whole number 122)

Volume 32, Number 1 - February 1997 (whole number 121)

Volume 31, Number 4 - November 1996 (whole number 120)

Volume 31, Number 3 - August 1996 (whole number 119)

Volume 31, Number 2 - May 1996 (whole number 118)

Volume 31, Number 1 - February 1996 (whole number 117)

Volume 30, Number 4 - November 1995 (whole number 116)

Volume 30, Number 3 - August 1995 (whole number 115)


Volume 30, Number 2 - May 1995 (whole number 114)


Volume 30, Number 1 - February 1995 (whole number 113)

Volume 29, Number 4 - November 1994 (whole number 112)

Volume 29, Number 3 - August 1994 (whole number 111)


Volume 29, Number 2 - May 1994 (whole number 110)


Volume 29, Number 1 - February 1994 (whole number 109)

Volume 28, Number 4 - November 1993 (whole number 108)

Volume 28, Number 3 - August 1993 (whole number 107)


Volume 28, Number 2 - May 1993 (whole number 106)


Volume 28, Number 1 - February 1993 (whole number 105)

Volume 27, Number 4 - November 1992 (whole number 104)

Volume 27, Number 3 - August 1992 (whole number 103)


Volume 27, Number 2 - May 1992 (whole number 102)


Volume 27, Number 1 - February 1992 (whole number 101)

Volume 26, Number 4 - November 1991 (whole number 100)

Volume 26, Number 3 - August 1991 (whole number 99)


Volume 26, Number 2 - May 1991 (whole number 98)


Volume 26, Number 1 - February 1991 (whole number 97)

Volume 25, Number 4 - November 1990 (whole number 96)

Volume 25, Numbers 2 and 3 (double issue - whole numbers 94 and 95)

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