Services

“SIXPACK” SERVICES Paul van Zeyl t/a Rand Stamps offers the following six services:   1.   Fair attendance         Local Fairs (South Africa) 1st Saturday of a month: Pretoria Fair at Denis Adami Hall, Wren St, Queenswood (09:00 – 14:00) 2nd Saturday of a month: Sandton Fair at Ernest Ullman Recreation Centre, Morningside (09:00 – 14:00) Last Saturday of a month: East Rand Fair at Impala Park Community Centre, Elizabeth Rd, Atlasville (09:00 – 14:00)* * 2010 JOBURG International Stamp Show :  27– 31 October 2010, Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton       International Fairs Philatex:  4 - 6 November 2010, Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat St, London Southern African Societies Conference: 12 – 14 November 2010, Leamington Spa, UK  2.   Auctions         Live Auctions 1st Saturday of a month: “Knock ‘n drop” during Pretoria Fair at Denis Adami Hall, Wren St, Queenswood (11:00). 3rd Saturday of “uneven” months, i e Jan/Mch/May/Jul/Sep/Nov: Quick Stamp Auctions (QSA) at the Victoria Cross Lodge, 26th St, Menlo Park, Pretoria (11:00) – auction list e-mailed on request e-Mail auctions about to commence! 3.   Sales Lists Such lists are being prepared right now.  4.   Wants (for “hot” clients, and self) BSAC Double Heads, mint stamps, especially varieties/errors and blocks Union of SA King’s Heads, * stamps, as above Angola and Mozambique/Co, covs & postal stn to, from or through South Africa ZAR/Transvaal, 1st Republic * and o stamps in blocks Bechuanaland, British and Protectorate, all varieties and used sets of KG5 (1932) Natal, revenue stamps on doc & early stamps on cov Griqualand West, */o in blocks; revenue stamps on doc; and accumulations for study S A States and Union, correspondence/covers to and from stamp dealers (to 1974) New Republic, o stamps, covs & postal stn Transvaal, post cards of Chinese miners on the Rand, post offices and small towns Mauritius, early p/cs and all postal stn British Commonwealth, King Edward VII proofs, stamps and covs of "smaller" countries, particularly African Cape of Good Hope, BONCs on cov with matching cds; triangular stamps with varieties Orange Free State, “bordered” postal stn; also later issues with imprinted pictures South West Africa, covs and docs from and to Walvis Bay, and all postcards German SWA and East Africa, used post cards and postal stationery Southern Africa, p/cs with identified tribal groups and individuals, particularly with concurrent usage Rhodesias, all aspects incl Zimbabwe 2000+ inflation period Military mail, all African wars from the Anglo-Boer War,  incl covs and docs from Burgher and POW camps, particularly India Belgian Congo, East Africa & Northern Rhodesia, covs and cards relating to WW1 Boer/Afrikaner letters and documents from unusual sources, e g Argentina; also British, German and Portuguese Africa … and anything unusual of Africa south of the Sahara!! 5.  Evaluations/pricing   This service relates to both the qualitative and financial value of collections for both exhibition & sales purposes.   6.   Research and write-up of collections   This service is offered to serious collectors with exhibits in fields covering central and southern African regions, preferably of an historical nature.   For clients who wish to have an idea of what research Paul has undertaken for his own collections, his exhibitions for the 2010 International & earlier ones could serve as examples:   2010 – The early history of the ZAR/Transvaal (to 1896)        2008 – The postal stationery of Zanzibar, including the French Postal Agency The history of Zanzibar on post cards  The postal stationery of Mauritius to Queen Elizabeth II The history of Mauritius on post cards        2007 – South Africa: the rise and decline of the 1st Republic  An analysis of South Africa’s Homelands German South West Africa postal and military stationery         2006 – The 1914 Rebellion in South Africa The evolution of South Africa’s stamp dealing environment Boer internees on Portuguese soil, 1900 – 1902 (in Mozambique and Portugal itself)       2005 - The freedom struggle of the Irish to 1923, and South African parallels and involvement Chinese miners on the Rand, 1904 – 1910 (post card exhibit) The Vatican’s winds of change from 1800       2004 - The Boers of East Africa       2003 - 1947 Royal Visit and 1949 Voortrekker Monument issues: viewing the soul of a nation through its stamps Ergerdorfer’s pictorial perspective (post card exhibit)       2002 - The Congo: an example of Africa’s distinctive dynamism (post card exhibit)       2001 - The totality of Transvaal philately Emil Tamsen’s contribution to South Africa’s philatelic heritage       2000 - Kruger’s Pretoria (post card exhibit; Court of Honour) The postal history of Pretoria to 31/05/1910 The Boers of Angola Residents of German SWA at the time of the Nama-Herero Rebellion (post card exhibit)