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Buy SA Air Mail East London to Durban with 4d and 1d stamps for R40.00

Buy SA Air Force 75th anniversary of 26 Squadron RFC operations in East Africa 1916 for R200.00

SA AirForce War Series No. 20, very good condition & sold as per scan. Thanks for looking. Please click on my name to view other items I am selling.  

PLEASE NOTE THE NUMBER FOR COVERS FLOWN MIGHT DIFFER FROM THE ONE SHOWN IN ADVERT    Please note:   Item sold as per scan Once an item is shipped, I cannot take any responsibility for any damages or losses (I strongly advise  using registered mail)   Overseas buyers please request Paypal invoice. U is welkom om in Afrikaans met my te kommunikeer  

 1943 Xmas Greetings card / air mail letter from the Royal Air Force - Middle East - Official greetings air mail letter

Buy GERMANY 1953 AIR MAIL COVER TO SA. BERLIN WEST 1951 FREEDOM BELL 30Pf & 1952 BEETHOVEN 30Pf +++ for R795.00

  SADF - SA Air Force Colonel Gorget Pair Exact images of the item/s on Auction: Good Condition Registered Mail @ R 55.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Postnet to Postnet @ R 100.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Please have a look at all our other items.

SA Air Force War Series No. 5, very good condition & sold as per scan.  Thanks for looking. Please click on my name to view other items I am selling.  

SA Air Force War Series No. 6, very good condition & sold as per scan. Thanks for looking. Please click on my name to view other items I am selling.  

    WWII SPECIAL SERVICE BATTALION TITLE BADGE The Special Service Battalion (SSB) is a South African military unit formed on 1 May 1933 under the patronage of Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence. The object was to give training to youths, between the ages of 17 and 23, who, in the wake of the 1929 depression, could find no suitable employment on leaving school.   History Lt Col George E Brink was given the responsibility for establishing the battalion at Roberts Heights and was the first commanding officer. The SSB was established to save the youth from physical and moral degeneration caused by massive unemployment due to the Great Depression. The SSB was to teach the young men military discipline, fitness and various trades to enable them to be employed by the Department of Labour and Welfare. The SSB men received a salary of a shilling a day causing the SSB soon to be known as the "Bob a Day Battalion".  In 1934 detachments were also established for 100 trainees at Durban and 150 at Cape Town. Training included elementary military subjects and physical training. After a year of the young men usually found employment in government departments or with civilian employers. By 1936 the output of the SSB totalled about 2000 youths a year. In 1937 the South African Railways established at Roberts Heights a special school to prepare boys for the railways. In 1937 3788 youths passed through the ranks of the SSB. A total of 882 of them joined the Permanent Force.  With the expansion of the South African Air Force in 1937 the SSB provided 248 air apprentices for special training but, with the improvement in the economic situation, the waiting list to join the battalion had dwindled to almost nil.  With the outbreak of war in September 1939, members of the SSB were posted to units requiring immediate reinforcement to get on to a wartime basis. An example of this being the Coastal Artillery. In February 1940 a number of troops were transferred to the 1st and 2nd Field Force Battalions. These served with distinction in East Africa, Abyssinia and the Middle East as part of 1st South African Division.  SADF era 1 SSB Commemorative Letter In August 1941 all members of the SSB below the age of 18 were transferred to the Youth Training Brigade. The remainder formed an infantry battalion, which was converted to an armoured car commando in 1942.  In February 1943 the SSB, under Lt Col EG ('Papa') Brits, became part of the 11th SA Armoured Brigade. In March 1943 the Field Force Battalion was disbanded and other ranks and some of the officers were transferred to the SSB, thus providing a nucleus of battle-tested veterans.  The unit sailed for the Middle East with the 6th SA Armoured Division in April 1943. In 1944 the division crossed the Mediterranean Sea to take part in the Italian campaign. The regiment played a prominent part in numerous actions during the campaign.  In 1946, SSB was resuscitated as a Permanent Force unit and reorganised on a two-battalion basis with the 1st Battalion as an armoured unit and the 2nd Battalion infantry. The former became a training regiment in 1953 and the latter was renamed the 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1SAI) in 1951.   CONDITION:  Very Good. Lugs in tact. UNCLEANED. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.

  1968 RSA and Comores - Coelacanth FDC and Stamps (Signed by Prof.J.L.B Smith) Exact Image/s of the item on Auction: Please Note that I am a Novice Collector - Kindly ask any questions before bidding. On 26 September 1897, Prof. James Leonard Brierly Smith was born in Graaff-Reine t in the Cape Province (now Eastern Cape). He studied chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch, and completed his PhD at Oxford. After he returned from Oxford, he began to teach chemistry at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. However, Smith gradually switched over to Ichthyology, the branch of zoology which focuses on the study of fish. During this time, he became a prominent figure in the scientific world when he identified a specimen of coelacanth, an ancient species of fish caught near East London in the Eastern Cape on 22 December 1938. The fish was caught by Hendrik Goosen on his trawler, the Nerine. The fish was first examined by Marjorie Courtney-Latimer who worked at the East London museum. After she sent a sketch of the strange looking fish to Prof. Smith, he identified it as a coelacanth, and named it Latimera chalumna in her honour and after the Chalumna River where it was caught. In 1952, another coelacanth was found in the Comoros Islands, and this time Prof. Smith obtained permission from Prime Minister DF Malan to use one of the air force's Dakota planes to fetch the specimen and bring it back to South Africa. Since then, numerous examples of this ancient, cave-dwelling fish have been found. Prof. Smith was also a prolific author, and wrote many books on fish, such as Sea Fishes of South Africa and Old Four Legs: The Story of the Coelacanth. He died on 8 January 1968 Registered Mail at R 35.00 (Combine at no extra charges)

PUBLISHED BY ASHANTI, A COLLECTION OF 12 VOLUMES. HARDCOVERS WITH DUST JACKETS, ALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.  300+ PAGES EACH, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH B/W PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS. TRACKED POSTAGE IS R125.00. VOLUME 1:The war of a hundred days by James Ambrose Brown- Springboks in Somaliland & Abyssinia 1940-41 VOLUME 2: Warriors of the sky by Peter Bagshawe- Springbok air heroes in combat. VOLUME 3: South Africa's Flying Cheetahs in Korea by Dermot Moore & Peter Bagshawe. VOLUME 4. Urgent Imperial Service by Gerald L'ange- South African Forces in German South West Africa 1914-1915 VOLUME 5: War at sea by C.J. Harris-South African Maritime Operations during World War II. VOLUME 6: They fought for king and Kaiser by James Ambrose Brown-South Africans in German East Africa 1916 VOLUME 7: Retreat to Victory by James Ambrose Brown-A Springbok'S diary in North Africa: Gazala to El Alamein 1942 VOLUME 8: War in Italy by Jack Kros- With the South Africans from Taranto to the Alps. VOLUME 9: Captives Courageous by Maxwell Leigh- South African Prisoners of War, World War II VOLUME 10: A Country at War 1939-1945 by Jennifer Crwys-Williams- The mood of a Nation. VOLUME 11: Pyramids and Poppies by Peter K.A. Digby- The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya, France and Flanders 1915-1919 VOLUME 12: The Unknown Force by Ian Gleeson - Black, Indian and Coloured Soldiers Through Two World Wars  

COMPLETE COLLECTION "SOUTH AFRICA AT WAR " SERIES ASHANTI PUBLISHING 12 TITLES IN THE SERIES ALL FIRST EDITION IN MINT CONDITION WITH DUST JACKETS Volume 1 - THE WAR OF A HUNDRED DAYS: Springboks in Somalia & Abyssinia 1940-41 Volume 2 - WARRIORS OF THE SKY: Springbok Air Heroes in Combat Volume 3 - SOUTH AFRICA'S FLYING CHEETAHS IN KOREA Volume 4 - URGENT IMPERIAL SERVICE: South African Forces in German South West Africa 1914-1915 Volume 5 - WAR AT SEA: South African Maritime Operations during World War II Volume 6 - THEY FOUGHT FOR KING AND KAISER - South Africans in German East Africa 1916 Volume 7 - RETREAT TO VICTORY - A Springbok's Diary: Gazala to El Alamein 1942 Volume 8 - WAR IN ITALY - With the South Africans from Taranto to The Alps Volume 9 - CAPTIVES COURAGEOUS - South African Prisoners of War World War II Volume 10 - A COUNTRY AT WAR 1939-1945 - The Mood of the Nation Volume 11 - PYRAMIDS AND POPPIES - The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Lybia, France & Flanders 1915-1919 Volume 12 - THE UNKNOWN FORCE - Black, Indian & Coloured Soldiers Through Two World Wars. PLEASE NOTE THAT SHIPPING WILL BE QUOTED AT THE TIME OF SALE DUE TO THE WEIGHT. COURIER DELIVERY IS RECOMMENDED.