Runner & Mailcoach - Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum

Runner & Mailcoach - Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum

Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa

In 'Runner and Mailcoach', Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum present a unique and comprehensive account, in a single volume, not only of the postage stamps, but of the romantic and exciting postal developments in the entire sub-continent, and its neighboring islands.

Covered are South Africa, South West Africa, Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Basutoland (Lesotho), Bechuanaland (Botswana) and Swaziland, but in addition the old colonies and Boer states, including the New Republic of Stellaland, Goshen, defunct territories like Griqualand West and Zululand and such oddities as the Mount Currie Express. The Boer War is covered. Even South African ventures into the AntarcticMarion Island, Bouvet Island and Sanae, as well as Tristan da Cunha. And there's more.

This volume also contains a mass of truly fascinating information on postal history and development, from the Bantu runner to the camel, the travelling post offices and the mail plane, much of this dug up for the first time by that wizard of the lesser-known aspects of South Africa, Eric Rosenthal

Eliezer Blum was recognized internationally as a philatelic expert and a leading authority on the stamps and postal history of Southern Africa and has provided a guide to the recognition and values of stamp issues with invaluable advice on the detection of forgeries, reprints and fakes.

Published Purnell, 1969

Hardcover. The dust jacket is frayed around the edges, but otherwise the book is in very good shape.