TRANSVAAL STUDY CIRCLE


Affiliated to the Association of British Philatelic Societies and The Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa

Founded on 13th November 1965, the Study Circle is enjoying over forty years of shared research.


Aims of the Transvaal Study Circle:

Study of the stamps and postal history of the Transvaal / South African Republic which includes New Republic, Stellaland, Goshen, Pietersburg and early Swaziland.

Membership and Journal:

The membership is scattered around the world, with strong groups concentrated in South Africa and North America as well as in the UK. The quarterly journal, The Transvaal Philatelist, is issued free to members. Membership is £10 per annum, which can also be paid in Rand to our South African representative and in US or Canadian dollars to our North American representative. To join or to find out more, please contact the Hon. Secretary, Jeff Woolgar.

Membership and Journal:

The Transvaal Philatelist:

The May 2008 edition has been published and was despatched on the 28th May to Study Circle members and libraries. We hope to have the next edition in the post during August.

Association of British Philatelic Societies

The Transvaal Philatelist
Joint Runner-up, Specialist Society Class of
ABPS 2008 Society Journal of the Year Competition

To contact the Transvaal Study Circle:

  • TSC e-mail address

    • Membership:

  • Membership Form:

    • More Transvaal Study Circle Web Pages:

  • Maps of the Transvaal

  • Jeppe

  • Stamps

  • Transvaal Postcards, Postal Stationery and Ephemera

  • Interprovincial Period

  • Used in Swaziland

  • Celliers and De Volksstem

  • Paper Mills and Transvaal Stamps

    • The Transvaal Philatelist Index 1986 to August 2007:

  • The Transvaal Philatelist Author and Subject Index

  • Recent Articles published in The Transvaal Philatelist

  • The Transvaal Philatelist back-numbers

    • Future Meetings 2008:

    The 2008 Major Ian B. Mathews Memorial Lecture, will be held on Wednesday 10th September at the Johannesburg Country Club in Auckland Park, Johannesburg.

    Saturday 25th October during the National Philatelic Exhibition in Pretoria from 11am, at the Breytenbach Hall, (Pretoria University) which is situated next to the exhibition hall.


    Most recent update 22nd July, 2008.

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