Forerunners
Forerunners is the official journal of the Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa.
Forerunners is published three times per year for the periods July/October, November/February, and March/June.
A subscription to Forerunners is included in the membership fees to the
Philatelic Society for Greater Southern Africa (PSGSA).
A presentation issue of Forerunners in PDF format may be downloaded here (2MB).
Awards
- Forerunners received a Vermeil at JOBURG 2010.
- Forerunners received a Vermeil at CHICAGOPEX 2009.
- Forerunners received a Large Silver Medal at Washington 2006 World Philatelic Exhibition
- Forerunners received a Vermeil at the August 2005 APS STAMPSHOW in Grand Rapids.
Instructions for Manuscript Submissions
Manuscripts should be sent to the appropriate member of the Editorial Board or directly to the Editor. Electronic versions of submissions are preferred either embedded in an email message, email attachments or on a floppy disk or CD. MS Word files are preferred. Avoid complex tables, unless in text or excel formats. Illustrations should be scanned at at least 150 dpi and submitted in tif, gif, or jpg formats. Illustrations should not be embedded in manuscript files. Contact the Editor if you have any questions and your submission requires special attention. Needless to say, good old fashioned typed or written manuscripts and photocopies can still be submitted and are most welcome.
Downloads
Perpetual Calendar Download in PDF format (12KB).
SA Surface Postal Rates Download in Excel format (55KB).
SA Early Airmail Rates Download in Excel format (25KB).
Table of Contents for the Current Issue (#66)
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | Some Official Free Frank Markings of the Orange Free State Military by Tim Bartshe |
| The Postal History of Nyasaland/BCA by Werner Seeba | |
| From Bechunaland to the WW1 Battlefield by Peter Thy | |
| Speciality Columns | The Demise of Postal Stationary in Botswana by Peter Thy |
| Posted Out of Course Tax Markings, Part 1 by Jan Stolk | |
| Items of Interest | Explanatory Mark: 'Parti Gone Away Vetrek' by Robert Johnson |
| Compulsory Registration by Peter Thy | |
| For the Record | |
| Forerunners Forum | Book Reviews: New Zealand Postal Notes 1886-1986 |
| New Books | |
| Highlights From Journals and Newsletters | |
| Market Place |
Table of Contents for Issue #61
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | Women in the Cape Colonial Post Office by Franco Frescura |
| A Miserable Kanye Cover by Peter Lodoen | |
| How to look After Your Collection - A Basic Guide by David Beech | |
| The 'Helderberg' Disaster - The Aerophilatelic Aspects by Neville Polakow | |
| Speciality Columns | Postage Due Markings of South Africa Related to Weight by Jan Stolk |
| Items of Interest | Subject and Author Index to Volume XXI |
| High Resolution Historical Maps on the Internet by Peter Thy | |
| South African Postal Order Used in Bechuanaland by Peter Thy | |
| Absentee Exhibiting and the EXPONET by Peter Thy | |
| Remember the Wartime Airgraphs? by Jim Findley | |
| UPU Centenary Reply Coupon by Peter Thy | |
| South African "Easy Letter" by Wayne Menuz | |
| Forerunners Forum | Questions, Comments, and Answers |
| The Atkinson Correspondence | |
| Cape and Natal Philatelic Journal | |
| News from Botswana by Peter Thy | |
| For the Record | New Books |
| The Editor's Most Urgent Wantlist | |
| Book Review | |
| Society Auction Manager | |
| Market Place |
Table of Contents for Issue #60
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | Colonial and Foreign Parcel Post and Customs Declaration Forms Used in British Bechuanaland by Peter Thy |
| Letter from David Livingstone by Brian Hurst | |
| The Vagaries of Valuation by Peter Lodoen | |
| New and Old Postmark Discoveries by Werner Seeba | |
| The Octagonals, Part 2 by Johnny Barth | |
| Combination Usages of Natal and New Republic Stamps, 1886-1888 (Part 2) by Keith Klugman | |
| The Colored Inks of the Orange Free State: Part 1, Bloemfontein Cancels of 1880 - 1982 by Tim Bartshe | |
| THe King's Head by Ashley Cotter-Cairns | |
| Speciality Columns | Tax Marks with Simple Text by Jan Stolk |
| Items of Interest | Southern African Exhibits on the Internet |
| For the Record | |
| Forerunners Forum | Questions, Comments, and Answers |
| New Books | |
| News from Botswana by Peter Thy | |
| Book Reviews | |
Table of Contents for Issue #59
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | New and Old Postmark Discoveries by Werner Seeba |
| The Transvaal Leader by Robin Pelteret | |
| If Stamps Could Talk by Peter Lodoen | |
| The British Association for the Advancement of Science: Tour of South Africa, 1905 by Ashley Cotter-Cairns | |
| Combination Usages of Natal and New Republic Stamps, 1886-1888 (Part 1) by Keith Klugman | |
| Speciality Columns | More Circular Tax Marks by Jan Stolk |
| South Africa World War II: Christmas Card by Chris Miller | |
| Items of Interest | Cape International Reply Coupon by Peter Thy |
| Anglo-Boer War Philatelist | |
| Southern Africa Catalogue | |
| News from Botswana by Peter Thy | |
| Forerunners Forum | Questions, Comments, and Answers |
| New Books | |
| Society Publications | |
| For the Record | |
Table of Contents for Issue #58
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | A Blink in History: the Visit of Joseph Chamberlain to Bloemfontain, February 1903 by Robin Pelteret |
| Soldier's Letter from Orange River Station by Jonathan Talbot | |
| Selected South African Postage Rates by Richard Barnett | |
| Early Bechuanaland Protectorate Postmarks by Peter Thy | |
| New and Old Postmark Discoveries by Werner Seeba | |
| Speciality Columns | The Third Way to Tell a Story by Tim Bartshe |
| South Africa World War II: the Hunt for Code P by Chris Miller | |
| Book Reviews | OAT and AV2 Markings |
| Exploring the Fascinating World of Stamps | |
| Items of Interest | PSGSA 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Postage Stamp Mega-Event by Tim Bartshe |
| Filling Putzel's Gaps by Ashley Cotter-Cairns | |
| Subject and Author Index to Volume XX | |
| Closed Album: John Forbes Inglefield-Watson by Peter Thy | |
| South African Philatelist | |
| Postage Due Mail Study Group | |
| News from Botswana by Peter Thy | |
| Rhodesian Back-of-Books by Peter Thy | |
| For the Record | |
| Forerunners Forum | Questions, Comments, and Answers |
| New Books | |
| Society Publications |
Table of Contents for Issue #57
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | Digital Philatelic Exhibits: A Look Towards the Future by ASDA |
| Mafeking “Good-Fors” and 1d Revenue Surcharge by Robin Pelteret | |
| The Crash of the Imperial Airways “Corsair” 15 March 1939 by Ken Sanford | |
| Orange River Station Post Office Revisited: A Letter to Mrs. George A. Moore by Robin Pelteret | |
| 1885 Proving Cover From Orange River Station by Ashley Cotter-Cairns | |
| Proofs for Bechuanaland TB Charity Labels by Peter Thy | |
| Speciality Columns | The 1938 Voortrekker Centenary Memorial Issue by Hans Ulrich Bantz |
| South Africa World War II: Combined Military and Civil Censorship by Chris Miller | |
| Getting Started: Page Making Computer Program by Tim Bartshe | |
| Book Reviews | Collecting Stamps in Botswana |
| Botswana Stamps 1966-2000 | |
| Undercover Addresses of World War II | |
| Stanley Gibbons East Africa Catalogue | |
| An Illustrated Trial Listing of Imperial Reply Coupons and Commonwealth Reply Coupons | |
| Items of Interest | “Posted Late” Cover by Alan Hanks |
| New Design for International Reply Coupons by Peter Thy | |
| The African Trans-Continental Telegraph by Peter Thy | |
| Cape Postal Stationery Perforation Error by Wayne Menuz | |
| SWA Telegraph Stationery by Peter Thy | |
| Society Auction Manager | |
| News from Botswana by Peter Thy | |
| John Sandisland: Closed Album | |
| A Story From the Real World | |
| Postal Union Dispute | |
| For the Record | |
| Forerunners Forum | Questions, Comments, and Answers |
| Publish Your Research in Forerunners | |
| New Books | |
| South African Post Office Magazine | |
| The Editor's Most Urgent Wantlist | |
| Society Publications |
Table of Contents for Issue #56
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | The Triangle Man by Ashley Cotter-Cairns |
| The Octagonals by Johnny Barth | |
| The Post Offices at Wynburg and Plumstead: A Colonial Puzzle by Franco Frescura | |
| “It's Just an Ordinary Envelope:” the Story of E. Burmeister of Cape Town by Robin Pelteret | |
| Speciality Columns | Getting Started: Pages, Mounts and other Basics by Tim Bartshe |
| Circular T-Markings Continued by Jan Stolk | |
| South Africa World War II - Undercover Mail by Chris Miller | |
| Items of Interest | Washington 2006: A Success by All Standards |
| Filling Gaps in the Putzel-Visser Books by Ashley Cotter-Cairns | |
| Unlisted Bechuanaland Revenue by Peter Thy | |
| 1/2d Letter Rate in British Bechuanaland by Brian Hurst | |
| Botswana Mail Volumes by Peter Thy | |
| Warren Expedition Cover | |
| Roman XXXII T-Mark by Jan Stolk | |
| OVS Hand-Stamped Hospital Surcharge Tax by Robin Pelteret | |
| News from Botswana by Peter Thy | |
| For the Record | |
| Forerunners Forum | Questions, Comments, and Answers |
| Society Auction Manager | |
| Publish Your Research in Forerunners | |
| New Books | |
| The Postmark and Postal History Society of Southern Africa | |
| The Editor's Most Urgent Wantlist | |
| Society Publications |
Table of Contents for Issue #55
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| President's Corner | |
| Feature Articles | Proving Cover by Ashley Cotter-Cairns |
| Crocodile Pools by Robin Pelteret | |
| The Cape Mail by Ernest Harrhy | |
| Delayed by War Circumstances by Jan Stolk | |
| Cigarette Surtax Labels Used as Postage Dues by Brian Trotter | |
| Early Airmail Rates of South Africa by Bernard Doherty and Peter Thy | |
| Speciality Columns | South Africa World War II: Mail to Occupied Europe by Chris Miller |
| Additional Postage Due Markings by Jan Stolk | |
| King George VI Coronation Issue by Hans Ulrich Bantz | |
| Why Do You Collect Rhodesia? by Alan Hanks | |
| The Synopsis Page and Why You Should Do One by Tim Bartshe | |
| Items of Interest | Washington 2006 by Tim Barthse |
| Our Journal by The Editor | |
| Mashonaland Stationery Used in Bechuanaland by Peter Thy | |
| www.capepostalhistory.com by Yannis Lazarides | |
| Franco Frescura: The Post Offices of the Cape of Good Hope, 1792-1910 | |
| Kran(t)zpoort, Transvaal, 1911-1913 by Robin Pelteret | |
| Amy Mollison, 1903-1941 by Hans Ulrich Bantz | |
| Southern Rhodesia Postal Orders by Peter Thy | |
| Subject and Author Index to Volume XIX | |
| Forerunners Forum | Undercover Mail |
| Putzel-Visser Postmark Addendum | |
| Central Africa Catalogue | |
| Overhaul of the South African Post Office | |
| Cape and Natal Study Circle | |
| Society Auction Manager | |
| Machadodorp Card at Kaapmuiden by Joh Groenewald | |
| South Africa 1d Ship | |
| Publish Your Research in Forerunners | |
| Bechuanalands and Botswana Society | |
| WW2 Civil Censorship | |
| New Books | |
| Society Publications |
Table of Contents for Issue #54
| Editorial Notes | |
| President's Corner | |
| Society Affairs | |
| Feature Articles | Postmaster Generals of the Cape 1792-1910 by Franco Frescura |
| The Surcharged Stamps of Lesotho, 1986-1991, Part 4, SG 733 to 948 by Morgan Farrell | |
| South Africa Postal Card Series UHB PC17 - Issue Year by Bernard Doherty | |
| Postal Orders and Notes Cashed in Johannesburg During September 1899 by Richard Solly | |
| Kruger Essays by Tim Bartshe | |
| Speciality Columns | Book Reviews: Philatelic Flavours by Ashley Cotter-Cairns |
| South Africa World War II: Mail Via Intermediary by Chris Miller | |
| Additional Oval Framed T-Markings by Jan Stolk | |
| Harvesting eBay by Tim Bartshe | |
| Postage Stamps Used on Telegrams by Peter Thy | |
| Items of Interest | Postal Office Names of Southern Africa After Putzel |
| The Editor's View | |
| Life of a Botswana Stamp Designer: Review in American Philatelist | |
| Putzel-Visser Postmark Books | |
| Washington 2006 - Affordable and Comfortable | |
| Forerunners Forum | Computers in Philately |
| Publish Your Research in Forerunners | |
| Stanley Gibbons Product Guide | |
| Scott Needs Color Illustrations | |
| New Zimbabwe Postal Rates | |
| Spink to Sell Transvaal Collection | |
| Still More Hut Tax Tokens | |
| South African Philatelic Services | |
| DURSAPEX 2004 Booklet | |
| Censored 1946 Cover to Gobabis | |
| UPU Reply Coupons to be Invalidated | |
| Philatelic Literature Price List | |
| The Lost FDC | |
| News From Botswana | |
| Rustenburg Boer War Stamps by John Groenewald | |
| The Transvaal Philatelist | |
| Bechuanaland Border Police Token | |
| New Books | |
| Society Publications | |
| Society Auction Manager |
Table of Contents for Issue #53
| Editorial Notes | |
| Society Affairs | |
| Feature Articles | Philatelic Challenges by Bernard Doherty |
| Interview With Brian Trotter by Ashley Cotter-Cairns | |
| The Cape General Post Office, 1792-1910 by Franco Frescura | |
| Airmail Rate and Routes Between South Africa and US During World War II by Bob Hisey | |
| Surface Postal Rates of South Africa 1910-1997 by Bernard Doherty | |
| Choosing the Subject and Telling the Story in Exhibiting by Tim Bartshe | |
| Speciality Columns | Oscar Garden - 1932 Record Flight Attempt Cape Town to London by Ken Sanford |
| South West Africa World War II: Forged Cover? by Chris Miller and Uli Bantz | |
| 1935-1936 Voortrekker Memorial Fund by Uli Bantz | |
| Circular Framed T-Markings: Unusual Sizes and Shapes by Jan Stolk | |
| The Vurtheim Postal Card by Tim Bartshe | |
| Items of Interest | Philatelic Literature Stock Sold |
| Literature of S.A. Civil Censorship by Chris Miller | |
| Publish Your Research in Forerunners | |
| Forerunners Forum | Book Review: Lodeon - Rejected-Accepted by Uli Bantz |
| Botswana Stamp Booklets by Steen Jelgren | |
| News from Botswana | |
| Southern Africa Catalogue | |
| Journal Rhodesian Study Circle | |
| New Books | |
| SA Airmail Reference Manual by Dave Morton | |
| Society Publications | |
| Web Page Editor |