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Buy Kenya 1989 Historic Monuments of Kenya First Day Cover for R40.00

SWA stamps with historic monuments 3 control  blocks of 4 in mint condition but lh.

SWA - 1975 Historic Monuments MNH** Complete Set of 3 - SACC 283-285

1975 - SWA   - SACC 283/5 HISTORIC MONUMENTS, FINE UN MOUNTED MINT.  

Buy SWAZILAND, 1996, `HISTORIC MONUMENTS`, SET OF 4, FU, SG 666-669 for R13.50

Historic Schools of South Africa, An Ethos Of Excellence by Peter Hawthorne & Barry Bristow in Slipcase A first edition hardcover in slipcase published by Pachydern Press in Red cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete, clean & bright, slipcase also in good condition. Postage cost within South Africa will be R Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote Abe #  

Poland, 10 PLN Monuments Culture Kazimierz Dolny architect, silver coin, 2008 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Poland Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2008 Weight:   28,28 CoA:   No Face Value:   10 pln Dimensions:   38,61     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   125000   New coin with capsule and box Kazimierz Dolny ([ka??im??? ?d?ln?] Yiddish: ?????? Kuzmir) is a small town in Central Poland, on the right (eastern) bank of the Vistula river in Pu?awy County, Lublin Voivodeship. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland, and in the past it used to be one of the most important cities of the province.It is a considerable tourist attraction as one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland. It enjoyed its greatest prosperity in the 16th and the first half of the 17th century, due to the trade in grain conducted along the Vistula. It became an economic backwater after that trade declined, and this freeze in economic development enabled the town to preserve its Renaissance urban plan and appearance. Since the 19th century it has become a popular holiday destination, attracting artists and summer residents. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Klein (Harry); Strydom (C.J. Scheepers). (BOER WAR RELATED) Historic Tableaux on Tiles / Historiese Tablo’s op Teëls. Pretoria: South African Airways, Circa 1973. First Edition. Parallel text in Afrikaans and English. "These tableaux were discovered under the wall paper of an old theatre in Rotterdam in the late 1960’s. The tableaux comprising 2000 painted tiles were removed from the walls and carefully checked, restored, varnished and shipped to South Africa where they were  exhibited at the T.P.A. Building in Pretoria. The Theatre in Rotterdam called The Transvalia was built at the end of 1899 at a time of considerable European interest and sympathy for the Boer cause. The first owner of the theatre hit upon the idea of decorating the foyer with tiles on which the heroic deeds of the Boers would be artistically immortalised. The artist Cornelius de Bruin was commissioned to paint the tableaux.". 26pp., fullpage colour ills. Oversized at 350x490mm Tall.    

My Reference: 0441504 Shipping:  Medium Condition: Please judge the condition from the scan Condition: Clean Catalogue: Scott SC  B692 2005, May 10 Tags: Helvetia  B692, Palais Wilson, Geneva.  First Day Cover FDC  

 VICTORY IN EUROPE.....D-DAY TO V-E DAY: FIRST TIME IN FULL COLOUR VICTORY IN EUROPE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY ALL-COLOUR PORTRAYAL OF THE MOMENTOUS EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN EUROPE BETWEEN D-DAY IN 1944 AND V-E DAY IN 1945. A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF MILITARY PUBLISHING, THESE UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM RECENTLY DISCOVERED FILM MADE DURING THE LAST YEAR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR BY THE AWARD-WINNING HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR, GEORGE STEVENS. EARLY IN 1944 STEVENS WAS ASKED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER TO ORGANIZE A FILM UNIT WHITCH WOULD TRAVEL WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES DURING THE LANDINGS IN FRANCE AND FOLLOW THEIR CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE. IN ADDITION TO THE UNIT'S OFFICIAL COVERAGE OF THE WAR, STEVENS RECORDED THESE HISTORIC EVENTS HIMSELF ON COLOUR FILM, WHICH WAS THEN SENT TO CALIFORNIA WHERE IT REMAINED FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS. VICTORY IN EUROPE IS INTRODUCED BY GEORGE STEVENS, Jr. WHO EXPLAINS HOW HIS FATHER MADE THE FILM AND TELLS THE STORY OF ITS REDISCOVERY. ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUTHORITATIVE COMMENTARY BY BRITAIN'S LEADING WAR HISTORIAN MAX HASTINGS, AND NINE INFORMATIVE MAPS, THESE PICTURES TELL THE STORY OF THE STRUGGLE FOR EUROPE; FROM D-DAY AND THE GREATEST NAVAL INVASION IN HISTORY TO THE LIBERATION OF PARIS, FROM THE ARDENNES AND THE BATTLE OF A MILLION TOOPS TO THE HORROR OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THE FINAL COLLAPSE OF THE NAZI REGIME. AFTER SIX YEARS, VICTORY WAS FINALLY WON IN EUROPE. THIS VIVID DOCUMENTARY COMMEMORATES TO THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF V-E DAY.   MAX HASTINGS,  PICTURES BY  GEORGE STEVENS,  INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE STEVENS, Jr.......TEXT, PICTURES, INTRODUCTION AND CARTOGRAPY COPYRIGHT 1985. JACKET ILLUSTRATIONS FRONT - THE LIBERATION OF PARIS, AUGUST 1944, BACK - ABOVE GENERAL DE GAULLE AND GENERAL BRADLEY, PARIS 1944, CENTRE - SOVIET CECTOR, BERLIN 1945, BELOW RIGHT - YOUNG CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES, DACHAU 1945, BELOW LEFT - M4 SHERMAN TANK, NORMANDY 1944. HARD COVER BOOK, DUST JACKET HAS SOME  MINOR WEAR AND TEAR AND IS COVER WITH TAPE ON THE INSIDE COVER. BOOK HAVE WONDERFULL PICTURE'S IN BLACK & WHITE AND IN COLOUR WITH SOME FEW MAPS', BOOK HAVE 192 PAGES AND STILL IN FARE CONDITION. POSTAGE R55-00  

***PLEASE NOTE WE DELIVER TO CAPE TOWN, JOHANNESBURG AND BLOEMFONTEIN*** Name of collection/ series: 1) Fourth definitive series; Historic Buildings Year of issue: 1982 Country code: R.S.A. Item code: FDC - 4.1

Ukraine 2 UAH, Nicholas Roerich Nikolai Rerikh, Painter, Philosopher, 2014, Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2014 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   20000   New coin with capsule The coin commemorates the 140th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Roerich (Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh), a world-famous artist, philosopher, scholar, archaeologist, explorer, who made a substantial contribution to the treasure house of the world science and culture having elaborated the first international Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments known as the Roerich Pact. Nicholas Roerich was connected with Ukraine by various intercommunications - from his delight in Taras Shevchenko`s creative work up to the monumental mosaic compositions spiritualizing the orthodox churches. Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the centre there is the conventionalized image: the Protecting Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mosaic by Nicholas Roerich`s sketch in the church of the village of Parkhomivka in the Kyiv Oblast; to the left there is the mark of t ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 UAH, Nicholas Roerich Nikolai Rerikh, Painter, Philosopher, 2014, Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2014 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   20000   New coin with capsule The coin commemorates the 140th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Roerich (Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh), a world-famous artist, philosopher, scholar, archaeologist, explorer, who made a substantial contribution to the treasure house of the world science and culture having elaborated the first international Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments known as the Roerich Pact. Nicholas Roerich was connected with Ukraine by various intercommunications - from his delight in Taras Shevchenko`s creative work up to the monumental mosaic compositions spiritualizing the orthodox churches. Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine); in the centre there is the conventionalized image: the Protecting Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mosaic by Nicholas Roerich`s sketch in the church of the village of Parkhomivka in the Kyiv Oblast; to the left there is the mark of t ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Historic houses and families in and around Cape Town. Large format hardcover with dust jacket. First edition published by Struik, . Illustrated throughout. 178 pages with index. Good condition, insect damage to folded edges of jacket. Refer to pictures. Tracked P&P is R.  

AMAZING  HARDCOVER BOOK  WRITTEN BY FRANCOIS MALAN SOME OF THE CONTENT HEADINGS: THE ALLURE OF KRUGER'S GOLD WAR-TIME PRODUCTION OF GOLD  AND THE MISSING OUNCES ESCAPING ALONG THE  DELGOA BAY RAILWAY LINE THE WONDERING GOVERNMENT AND THEIR GOLD WHERE IS THE GOLD?     GET THIS GREAT OFFER NOW   AT THE RELEASE PRICE OF R 750 ---------------------------------------------------------------- EXTRACT FROM THE CHAPTER TITLED GOLD  PRODUCTION IN THE  ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD CHANGED THE FORTUNES OF THE TRANSVAAL. THE FIRST DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN 1872 AT THE EERSTELING GOLD FIELD IN THE PIETERSBURG GREENSTONE BELT (CLOSE TO MODERN DAY POLOKWANE). THIS WAS FOLLOWED IN 1873 BY THE DISCOVERY OF ALLUVIAL GOLD AT PILGRIM'S REST AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AN INTERESTING CONNECTION BETWEEN PILGRIM'S REST AND THE KRUGER MILLIONS IS DESCRIBED IN A LATER CHAPTER. THESE EARLY GOLD DISCOVERIES SLIGHTLY IMPROVED THE FINANCES OF THE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK AND EVEN ALLOWED PRESIDENT THOMAS BURGERS TO STRIKE THE FIRST GOLD PONDE FOR THE REPUBLIC 1874. UNFORTUNATELY, BY 1876, HE WAS UNPOPULAR AND THE REPUBLIC WAS SLIDING INTO BANKRUPTCY. THE UPRISING OF THE NATIVE TRIBE, PARTICULARLY THE PEDI TRIBE UNDER CHIEF SEKUKUNI, ALSO CAUSED SECURITY CONCERNS AMONGST THE BURGHERS. THIS ALLOWED BRITAIN TO ANNEX THE TRANSVAAL WITHOUT A SHOT BEING FIRED ON THE 12 APRIL 1877. DURING THIS PERIOD OF POLITICAL TURMOIL, PAUL KRUGER ROSE TO PROMINENCE. HE WAS ONE OF THE THREE LEADERS AT THE HISTORIC PAARDEKRAAL ASSEMBLY WHERE 6,000 BURGHERS PLEDGED TO REGAIN THE INDEPENDENCE OF THEIR REPUBLIC. THE PAARDEKRAAL MONUMENT IN KRUGERSDORP WAS LATER ERECTED AT THIS HISTORIC SITE. THE RESULTING FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE BROKE OUT ON THE 16 DECEMBER 1880 AND ON THE 26 FEBRUARY 1881 THE BRITISH SUFFERED A HUMILIATING DEFEAT AT THE BATTLE OF AMAJUBA. IN 1883, PAUL KRUGER WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE TRANSVAAL AND HE RETAINED THIS PRESIDENCY DURING THE NEXT THREE ELECTIONS. AFTER THE TRANSVAAL REGAINED INDEPENDENCE, A FURTHER GOLD DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN THE BARBERTON AREA IN 1883. THE RESULTING ECONOMIC BOOM IN THE AREA RESULTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STOCK EXCHANGE. SOME EXCEPTIONAL GOLD DISCOVERIES WERE MADE AND THE FIRST 50 TONS OF ORE AT THE FAMOUS GOLDEN QUARRY PRODUCED NEARLY 300 OUNCES OF GOLD. THE BARBERTON GOLD FIELD PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 252,553 KG OF GOLD FOR THE PERIOD 1883 TO 1983. THIS IMPORTANT DISCOVERY WAS NEVERTHELESS SOON DWARFED BY PRODUCTION IN THE WITWATERSRAND BASIN.