Postage stamps and postal history of Zululand
This is a survey of the
The Zulu Kingdom was defeated by Britain in the Anglo-Zulu War and was annexed as a British territory in 1887. For a brief period, it operated its own postal system and had its own postage stamps.
First post office
A Natal postal agency was established in Eshowe in 1876 (closed between 1879 and 1885),[1] but an official postal system was not started until 1 May 1888, at which time both Zululand and neighboring Natal became members of the Universal Postal Union. At first, the territory used postage stamps of Great Britain and Natal overprinted "ZULULAND".[2]
Key type stamps
A series of ten
Annexation
Zululand was annexed by Natal on 31 December 1897, and separate stamps were discontinued on 30 June 1898.[1]
Further reading
- Davis, Tony and Hugh Joseph. The Postmarks of Zululand. Johannesburg: T. Davis, 1984, 58p.
- Dickson, John. Bibliography of the Philately and Postal History of Natal and Zululand. Ilminster: Natal and Zululand Study Circle, 1999, 24p.
- Poole, Bertram W.H. The Postage Stamps of Zululand. London: David Field, 1909, 28p.
- ISBN 1-872465-13-7, 182p.
- Redgrave, W.J. Zululand. s.l.: Jungle Press, 1985, 157p.
See also
References and sources
- References
- ^ ISBN 0852596545
- ^ "Zululand | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory". Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.[title missing]
- Sources