Mafeking War Stamps.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue XX, 16 November 1901, Page 924

Mafeking War Stamps.

In the annual report the Post-master-General of the Cape gives an interesting account of the special issue of stamps during the siege of Mafeking. After referring to the well known causes of the stamps lying issued, the report concludes: It is evident from specimens which have from time to time been submitted to this department that extensive forgeries of the overprinted stamps have taken place: the fraud consisting in the unofficial overprinting, surcharging, and, in many cases, the dale-stamping of genuine Cape Colony stamps. The matter was taken up by the police authorities, but up to the present it has not been possible to bring the charge home to the perpetrators, The following is a list of the stamps overprinted and the quantities issued: Face value, Ad; description. Cape of Good Hope (old design), overprinted and surcharged “Mafeking- Id. Besieged”; number issued, 7680. Face value, Id; description, Cape of Good Hope (new design), overprinted and surcharged “Mafeking Id. Besieged”; number issued 5280. Face value, Ad; description, Great Britain overprinted “Bechuanalan I Protectorate”; surcharged and overprinted “Mafeking Id. Besieged": number issued, 6000. Face value. Id; Great Britain, overprinted “Bechuanaland Protectorate" and “Mafeking 3d. Besieged”: number issued 1800.

Face value, Id; Great Britain, overprinted “Bechuanaland Protectorate” and surcharged “Mafeking 3d. Besieged” (smaller type); number issued, 1800. Face value, Id; Cape of Good Hope, overprinted and surcharged “Mafeking 3d. Besieged”; number issued. 6000. Face value, 2d; Great Britain, overprinted “Bechuanaland Protectorate" and “Mafeking 6d. Besieged”; number issued 1200. Face value, 2d; Great Britain, overprinted “Bechuanaland Protectorate" and “Mafeking 6d. Besieged" (smaller type); number issued, 1200. Face value, 3d; Cape of Good Hope, overprinted “Mafeking 6d. Besieged”: number issued, 840. Face value, 3d; British Bechuanaland (lilac series), overprinted “Mafeking 6d. Besieged”; number issued. 3000. Face value, 3d; Great Britain overprinted “Bechuanaland Protectorate" and Mafeking 6d. Besieged”; number issued. 1440. Face value, 4d; Great Britain overprinted "British Bechuanaland” ami “Mafeking 1/. Besieged"; number issued. 2320. Face value. 4d; Cape of Good Hope oveprinted “Mafeking ]/. Besieged": number issued 1440. Face value. 6d; Great Britain overprinted “Bechuanaland Protectorate" and “Mafeking 1/. Besieged": number issued 240. Face value. 6d; description. Great

Britain overprinted “British Bechuanaland” and “Mafeking 1/. Besieged”; number printed, 1440. Face value, 1/; description, Great Britain overprinted “British Bechuanaland” and “Mafeking 2/. Besieged”; number issued, 570. Face value, 3d; description, local postage stamp with photograph of Lieut.-General Baden-Powell's bust (small size); number issued. 6072. Face value, 3d; description, local postage stamp with photograph of Lieut.-General Baden-Powell's bust (large size); number issued. 3036. Face value. Id; local postage stamp with photograph of Sergeant-Major Goodyear on bicycle number issued. 9476. 4* *** 4* “Bric-a-Brac” states that the first stamps to be issued by the Government bearing the imprint of King Edward VII. will be a complete set for use in the Transvaal. The pattern is understood to be a profile of His Majesty on a background of deep earmine. 4* 4* 4* The 1. 2. and 5 dollar United States have been surcharged ‘•Philippines.” 4? 4* 4* Transvaal 2d, cream and green, have been surcharged “E.R.1.. Halfpenny.