Runner and Mailcoach. Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa by Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum
Runner and Mailcoach. Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa by Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum
Hardcover
Publisher: Purnell and Sons (S.A.) Pty. Ltd. Cape Town, Johannesburg, 1969 First Edition.
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Used - Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The cover has some limited signs of wear and tear and slight fading but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book cover is in burgundy with beautiful gilt lettering and has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
Runner & Mailcoach: Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa by Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum is a comprehensive account not only of the postage stamps, but also of the romantic and exciting postal developments in the entire sub-continent.
"For the first time we have a comprehensive account in a single volume of the postage stamps and of the postal history of the entire sub-continent and its adjacent islands. A mass of fascinating information on postal development is presented, from the Bantu runner to the camel, the travelling post office and the mail-plane, much of it revealed for the first time by that master of the lesser-known aspects of South and southern Africa, Eric Rosenthal. He also deals with unfamiliar matters such as the postal arrangements of the Voortrekkers and the conveyance of overseas mail before the days of steamers and aircraft. … Magnificently illustrated in colour and black and white, … Runner and Mailcoach will be enjoyed and appreciated by specialists and amateurs alike."
