SA Medical Congress

South Africa, Pretoria · 1969-07-07

Official

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Cachet: The cachet shows a snake coiled around a staff, the traditional medical symbol, rendered in gold against a plain cream background. Around the emblem, thin gold rays radiate outward in a full circle, giving the design a formal, ceremonial feel suited to a medical congress. Below the emblem a blue box containing the number "47" sits beside the words "S.A. Mediese Kongres" and "S.A. Medical Congress" in bold black type, marking the congress as the forty seventh in its series.

Info card

Info card present but unable to be transcribed as the envelope is seale

Additional information

This cover is postmarked on 7 July 1969 in Pretoria. It carries two stamps marking milestones in South African medical history, one commemorating the Groote Schuur Hospital and the other marking the world's first heart transplant, performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard on 3 December 1967. The cover was issued for the 47th South African Medical Congress and was addressed to Swakopmund in what was then South West Africa, now Namibia, reflecting the wide reach of South African medical and postal networks across the region at the time.

Theme: Heritage

Condition: FineGood condition. Minor wear or small imperfections, but overall well-presented.

Addressed: Yes

Signed: No

Stamp denomination: R0.15 (ZAR)

Estimated value: ~US$0.1

This is a high-level, subjective estimate only, not a professional appraisal.