TRANSVAAL STUDY CIRCLE

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

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

'Queen's Head' Postage Stamp

A 1880 halfpenny Transvaal 'Queen's Head' postage stamp printed on a watermarked paper.


Aims of the Transvaal Study Circle:

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

Membership and Journal :

2009 membership is £10. Payment can also be paid in Rand to our South African representative or in US or Canadian dollars to our North American representative. To join just click ‘Membership Form’ or to find out more, please contact the Hon. Secretary, Jeff Woolgar.

  • Membership Form

    • Our quarterly journal, The Transvaal Philatelist, is issued free to members and the May 2009 edition was published and despatched to Study Circle members and libraries during the first week of June.

    Results of Postal Bid Sale number 13 are published on page10 of the February 2009 edition of The Transvaal Philatelist.

    To contact the Transvaal Study Circle:

  • TSC e-mail address

    • Future Meetings:

  • Meetings, 2009 & 2010

    • Association of British Philatelic Societies

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

  • Recent Articles published in The Transvaal Philatelist

    • More Transvaal Study Circle Web Pages:

  • Maps of the Transvaal

  • Jeppe

  • Stamps

  • Interprovincial Period

  • Used in Swaziland

  • Postal Stationery, Revenue Documents and Ephemera

  • Postcards

  • Celliers and De Volksstem

  • Paper Mills and Transvaal Stamps

    • The Transvaal Philatelist Index 1986 to February 2009:

  • The Transvaal Philatelist Author and Subject Index

  • Recent Articles published in The Transvaal Philatelist

  • The Transvaal Philatelist back-numbers


    • Most recent update 14th June, 2009.

    Useful Links:

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