Scouts on Stamps of the World

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
April 1900
(Mafeking)
Postage for local mail during the siege of Mafeking
  Scott Michel quantity
1p 178 15 9,476
3p 179 16 I 6,072
3p 180 16 II 3,036
Designer: #178 - Dr. W. A. Hayes
  #179-80 - Capt. H. Greener
Printer: D. Taylor
Process: ferroprussiate (blue-print method)
Panes: 12 stamps
Perforations: 12
Comments:

(1)  printed on laid batonne paper

(2)  date of issue

      178: April 10 - believed first day

      179: April 6 - earliest reported date

      180: April 10 - believed first day

(3)  considered the classic forerunner of Scouts On Stamps

(4)  #180 repeats design of #179, slight increase in size

(5)  today known as Mafikeng, the original native spelling, in South Africa
Cape of Good Hope 1900 #178 Cape of Good Hope 1900 #179 Cape of Good Hope 1900 #180
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