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In 1994: Serb's shelling of Sarajevo; Rawanda massacre; Nelson Mandela elected President

of South Africa; Russia attacks Chechnya; Richard Nixon, Jackie Kennedy and Kurt Cobain die.

At the RPSL: Expert Committee celebrates its centenary with an exhibition of reference

material at the Royal. The Society publishes Madam Joseph.

RPSL Presidents were Charles Goodwyn and Francis Kiddle. Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

Membership 1591-1552.

INAUGURATION OF NELSON MANDELA

AS PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA

From the collection of Keith Klugman FRPSL.

Member since 1998. Lives in the United States of America.

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This is the VIP edition official First Day Cover 6.3b distributed to guests at the inauguration on lOth

May 1994. Signed N(elson) Mandela, it differs from the regular F.D.C. in also having two additional

date-stamps at top left, repeated on the reverse. The South African Post Office issued official FDC's

from #1 in 1965. They are numbered sequentially for each commemorative stamp issue. A new series

starts when a new definitive issue is made - so 6.3b is the 6th series, 3rd issue and 2nd cover of that

issue (b).A landmark day in South African history captured on a cover.