South West Africa Stamps on AfricaStamps.co.uk

South West Africa is one of the most sparsley populated countries of the world, with much of the country being taken up by desert. The low population makes the stamps and the postal history scarce. South West Africa was originally a German colony, the first German overprinted stamps for use within the colony were issued [...]

South Africa Christmas Labels & Booklets – An Introduction

In 1929 the first labels were introduced to be sold in the period leading up to Christmas to primarily raise funds for Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatoria.  This practice became common in a number of different countries across the world and it is possible to form interesting collections of the so-called “Christmas Labels” or “Anti-TB labels.”
The interest [...]