TRANSVAAL to ARGENTINA (gold mining period) 1894 use of 1d PSE with added defective 1d pmk'd Pretoria 25 FEB 94 additionally tied by red London MR 8 94 transit, reverse text headed by an unidentified 'camp' (purity, survey?) with Cape Town D/FE 28 94 transit and Buenos Aires AB 15 94 arrival, central vertical crease. Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, in the Transvaal, in 1886. Thousands of white and black South Africans were employed on the mines by 1890. Even though the Transvaal gold mines were the richest in the world they were the most difficult to mine because the reefs lay so deep underground. The gold had to be mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds. £95
VIRGIN ISLANDS to TRANSVAAL postal history 1921 reg. cover from The Tortola Drug Store to Langlaagte, Transvaal with KGV ½d, 1d x 3, 2½d (6d rate) pmk'd purple ink TORTOLA A/JA 5 21 d/rings with matching ink ROAD TOWN registration etiquette h/stamped numeral "10", b/stamped Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas JAN 9 1921 and New York 1-17 1921 transits, unevenly opened at right but a wonderful destination cover. £240
3 used RUSTENBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 3d pale orange. £18
3 used RUSTENBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on ½d (SG.175). £4
38, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1d (SG.176). £65
64, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 4d (SG.181). £40
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 3d pale orange. £12
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 3d pale orange, str. edge at right. £9
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on roulette 6d deep blue. £48
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on imperf. ovp'd deep blue/blue, defective. £9
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1d (SG.176), defective. £2
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d (SG.178). £9
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d (SG.178). £8
12 used MIDDELBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d (SG.178), small thin. £5
9 used HEIDELBERG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1d (SG.176), defective. £2
8 used ZEERUST, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d (SG.178). £10
20 used STANDERS DRIFT, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on roulette 1d orange. £65
20 used STANDERS DRIFT, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on roulette 1/- green. £18
20 used STANDERS DRIFT, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on roulette 1/- yellow-green. £18
20 used STANDERS DRIFT, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1d black. £14