Talk:Orange River Colony

The Orange River Colony

The Orange River Colony was a British Colony. British troops occupied the Oranjie Vrijstaat in 1900. Britain annexed the state in 1902. The Britians annexed it because they made no profit off the state. They also rechristened it the Orange River Colony. English was introduced as the official language next to Afrikaans which is a language from different languages spoken by the Afrikaners. The area was under colonial administration, until self government was restored in 1907. Then in 1910 the old name Oranje Vrijistaat which means (orange free state) was adopted again. The free state then joined the Union of South Africa with Transvaal, Natal, and the Cape Colony. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.213.224.36 (talk • contribs) 04:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Post stamps section

I removed the section on post stamps from the original article, as it does not make any sence. The original text is inserted below for reference purposes. I suggest it is incoporated in a new article on the post stamps of South Africa.

Postage stamps

Immediately upon annexation, the British overprinted the republic's stamps with "V.R.I." (Victoria Regina Imperatrix 'Victoria Queen-Empress'). There were many minor variations, some rare and prized today.

Stamps of the Cape Colony were also overprinted, with "ORANGE RIVER COLONY" (10 August, before the colony officially xisted).

Only in 1903 did the Orange River Colony get its own stamps. These stamps featured a portrait of King Edward VII, along with small pictures of a springbok and a gnu. They were used until the union in 1910, and are generally readily available and inexpensive today.

Michel Doortmont (talk) 20:44, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Map of Orange River Colony

The map included is a map with the phrase "Orange River Colony" on it rather than a map of the Colony. It shows the location of about 30 farms mainly across the Vaal River from Vereeninging. Franskraler (talk) 10:09, 5 May 2018 (UTC)