SOUTH AFRICA 1950 SPECIAL COVER ** NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION 23 OCTOBER 1950 **

SOUTH AFRICA 1950 SPECIAL COVER ** NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION 23 OCTOBER 1950 ** OFFICIAL SOUVENIR COVER

EXHIBITION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 23 TO 28 OCTOBER 1950, AT JOHANNESBURG AT THE SELBOURNE HALL. IT WAS OPENED BY THE MAYOR, MR. J. MINCER.

COVER FEATURES THREE OVAL CACHETS OF THE NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION TYING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: A PAIR OF OFFICIAL STAMP SACC NO. 26 (1 1/2 D GOLD AND GREEN NO. 57(20)) AND A PAIR OF OFFICIAL STAMP SACC NO. 28 (6 D GREEN AND VERMILLION NO. 60(12-13) IN THE CENTRE AND A PAIR OF OFFICIAL STAMP SACC NO. 41 (2D BLUE AND VIOLET NO. 133 (14 1/2) AS WELL AS A SINGLE SACC NO. 116 - 3D DULL BLUE. THE COVER FEATURES THE COLOURFUL ADVERTISING LABEL OF THE JOHANNESBURG NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION TO LEFT OF FRONT COVER AS WELL AS THE EXHIBITION'S PURPLE REGISTRATION RECTANGULAR BLOCK WITH NUMBER 2514 . THE REAR PANEL CONTAINS THE ADHESIVE EXHIBITION GRAPHIC OF THE EXHIBITION CANCELLED BY EXHIBITION CACHET. THE REAR ALSO FEATURES IN TRANSIT STRIKES FROM CAULFIELD EAST, AUSTRALIA EN-ROUTE TO MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.

A COVER THAT IS NOT SEEN VERY OFTEN.

THE COVER THAT YOU SEE ABOVE IS THE COVER YOU WILL RECEIVE.