STERLING SILVER Medallion SA Collection.

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, were 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 were 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 also note that some of the stamps have started to tone (beautifully in iridescent colours I may 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 in 1982, which converts to over R13 000.00 today!

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