SA Silver Medallion Stamp Collection (STERLING SILVER)

More than a quarter of a century ago, cardholders of Standard Bank were invited by the Africana Commemorative Mint to invest in the so called “South African Stamp Heritage Collection” Herman Steyn, the then Director of Philatelic Services at the Department of Posts and Telecommunications, was commissioned to select the most significant of South Africa’s stamp classics.

Twenty-Five stamps were selected, and Proof quality replicas of these were minted in gold plated sterling silver (92.5% PURE SILVER). A worldwide limit of 5000 sets was issued. According to the original prospectus, “…the master striking dies will be defaced on completion of the minting (process), to protect the integrity of the collection. They will be housed in the Postal Museum, Pretoria”

The collection comes set in a traditional handcrafted collector’s cabinet. Please note that the cabinet of this collection was made with some of the green felt insets for the stamps being oversized. (But all the stamps can still be perfectly displayed). Please also note that some of the stamps have started to tone (beautifully in iridescent colours I might add), which is a natural process for sterling silver to protect itself as time goes by.

The original issue price of this sterling silver collection was R1100.00 a quarter of a centaury ago in 1982, which converts to over R13 000.00 today!

Please see following picture…