📡 RSA Broadcasting Commemorative First Day Cover Johannesburg, 11 July 1974

Unaddressed | Dual Stamp | Urban Cachet | Media Milestone #thebasticatlibrary #BroadcastingFDC #Johannesburg1974 #PhilatelicUrbanity #MediaLegacy

From towers to airwavesJohannesburg speaks. Issued on 11 July 1974, this First Day Cover celebrates the rise of South African broadcasting, with a bold cachet featuring a modernist skyscraper and a bird perched on a transmission towersymbolizing the voice of a nation. The dual stamps echo this theme, marked with clean Johannesburg postmarks.

📍 Postmark: Johannesburg, 11-7-1974 📬 Stamps: RSA 4c Broadcasting 1974 | RSA 1c Tower Bird 🏙 Cachet: Stylized cityscape with emblematic broadcasting motifs 📦 Condition: Unaddressed, sharp corners, vivid ink 🎯 Ideal for: Urban historians, media collectors, Johannesburg natives, and thematic curators

This cover is more than postalits cultural infrastructure in miniature. It marks the moment when Johannesburgs skyline became a symbol of connectivity and modernity.