Sterling Silver Set (Our Stamp Heritage): British Protectorates
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Sterling Silver Set (Our Stamp Heritage): British Protectorates
Forty-three years 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 of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (ZAR) etc. 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".
Because collectors collect different themes, we have broken up the collection in 6 lots. This lot weighs 60.70 grams and represents Mafeking, British South African Company (Rhodesia), British Bechuanaland and Zululand.
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